True or False?: Kafka's Burning Request

Did Ernest Hemingway write all his novels while standing up?

A curious tale about Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance

A mysterious trunk discovered in a Buenos Aires estate contains what appears to be a complete, unpublished novel by Jorge Luis Borges, written entirely backward in mirror script. Scholars believe the 400-page manuscript may represent Borges' most ambitious literary experiment.

Master the art of meaningful omission. When characters deliberately avoid mentioning something obvious, that silence creates more tension than any spoken word. Have them talk around the issue while readers feel pressure building. When two estranged brothers meet after their father's funeral, don't have them argue about inheritance. Have them discuss weather, catering quality, parking spaces—anything except what matters. Each mundane exchange becomes charged with unspoken grief. Plant 'pressure leaks'—moments where the suppressed topic almost surfaces. A pause too long, a sentence trailing off, a sudden subject change. These micro-fractures signal something important beneath the surface.