What is Hemingway's 'iceberg theory'?
The dignity of movement, grace under pressure. That’s what matters. You show a man standing in the rain. You don’t explain he’s cold. You don’t explain he’s sad. You show the rain. You show him standing there. The real truth is below the surface. Like an iceberg. You put in the visible part. Seven-eighths of it is underwater. The reader feels the weight. They know it’s there. It’s honest. That’s all.
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