S is for SUBTEXT

            This is Saturday’s entry submitted late Sunday night.  I flip-flopped the post schedule, taking Saturday as the free day; I hope that’s okay according to blog fest rules.   It’s just been a long week and that worked out better for me.

            That and I looked at my A- Z schedule and decided that if I do this again next year I’m not allowed to pick the list of letters anymore. 

Real letter list.  ;0)

             I should have of learned with analogy and narrative voice… I like the tricky topics, and tonight is another whopper.  S is for SUBTEXT.

When I think of subtext, I break down the word in my mind.  SUB meaning “below” or “hidden,” and TEXT meaning “written” or “spoken.”

And that is what subtext is: the unspoken, subconscious meaning of writing.

            Subtext can be found everywhere in literature and in your favorite novels.  Some books have subtext used throughout and some have it only here and there, but almost all subtext is seen using metaphor.  The narrator is saying or describing one thing, but the subliminal message is implying something else.

           And your writing needn't be real elaborate or overly detailed, it simply has to offer a deeper meaning to the literal.

Tomorrow I will take the English literature hat off, I promise!   Lol.

Please come back—T is for TENSE.

Goodnight!  :0)