Omission Quotes

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There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that

There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesn't show. If a writer omits something because he does not know it then there is a hole in the story.(Interview with , 1958)

Ernest Hemingway

Writing Creative Process Completeness Omission