How does one make it absolutely obvious what something means?

by Jeremy Gavins
17th March 2017

When writing dialogue in a memoir, and writing something that happened at age twelve, is it better to try to write the dialogue as that of a life experienced older person, or as the twelve-year-old, with a far more limited vocabulary?

How much explanation is one supposed to write about anything,? should I make something absolutely blindingly obvious, or should I allow for the reader to have enough intelligence to make connections between passages?

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I just want to note that in relation to the last observation (Emilie Van Damm) hearing what may be basically the same advice, but expressed differently, can be extremely helpful.

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susan Russell
19/03/2017

(Lorraine's comment is good but I don't give it a 'thumbs-up' because she basically just says what Jummy already said on this thread.)

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Emilie van Damm
19/03/2017

Jummy's 2nd reply on https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/question/view/2869 gives a good example of ambiguous phrasing.

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