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Posted on September 26, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Repeating yourself may seem like a weakness in your writing.
But writer and professor Gavin Hurley explains that it can be an asset — or sometimes even an essential aspect — to it.
Hurley uses George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice to illustrate how a writer can subtly repeat important information in, say, fantasy fiction to gently remind readers of it.
He also shares a simple trick to applying it in nonfiction without insulting your readers.
Check out his analysis of effective repetition in writing in Writer’s Digest.
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