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Ayala Skopp
Jun 30, 2023
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In writing class this week we were talking about the craft of literary dialogue and my teacher quoted Robert McKee: there is the said, the unsaid, and the unsayable. For example:

the said: i like you

the unsaid: i’m in love with you

the unsayable: do you love me too?

Most of the prose I’ve been writing lately has been about the unsaids and unsayables.

To th…

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