In most of the books that I have read in and out of school, not many of them use conversation between the writer and the writers mind. I really liked this technique that Elizabeth Gilbert uses because it helps the reader be able to go more in depth and understand how the reader is feeling. For example on page 148 she says "I'm right here. It's OK. I love you. I ill never leave you...". We know from this that Gilbert needs the reassurance of her mind to help her get through certain hurtles in her life. Gilbert also uses a lot of metaphors and similes which I liked because it really changes up the sentence structure. In the future I feel like this all will help my writing be more descriptive than it was in the past. Descriptive writing helps the reader stay more engaged in the story line. Another technique is show not tell, Gilbert doesn't always use this, but instead of flat out saying what she is feeling she uses other literary devices to let us know what is going on.
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