Symbolism - The expression of Ideas in your writing
I've been asked many times to explain what it means to insert symbolism into a storyline. So here are my two cents on the symbolism in writing. The answer is simple, it's when you take a real-world object and insert it into a storyline making it represent the abstract idea within your mind. In other words, you take your ideas and use objects to communicate the literal meaning of the concept at hand. For example, water symbolizes the rebirth of an idea or a person. Picture this a beautiful woman elegantly dressed walking out of a lake onto the dry sandy beach and sitting down on a downed tree trunk that was washed up on shore. She lays down, tired from swimming to shore, and falls asleep. The symbolism here is not only rebirth (the water) but also how much work a woman does to survive and the struggles she faces and she needs a break from it all in order to rest. The imagery is powerful and the scene takes on a greater meaning because it opens the door to the trauma a woman endu...