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Gray Space: Making Room for the Reader | Jane Friedman

Great post by Janet Fox on something I always struggle a bit with – what to leave out and what to put in a story. It’s true, leaving stuff out can make reading your story better, and who doesn’t want to make their story better?!

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When we let the reader fill in our intentionally left blanks, or “gray space”, we invite them inside our imaginary worlds.

Source: Gray Space: Making Room for the Reader | Jane Friedman