Hemingway and the iceberg theory. Bierce was good, Twain. The develop a language about which tales and histories can e foretold and passed on. Bret Harte likely invented the western in his stories, Hemingway modified all the great fish stories since Melville. The great authors develop a following and many authors and screen writers can follow. They find an audience, give them a simple, short hand language that just fits the theme, and they pick great themes.
I see the theory of everything everywhere, code to fit the constrained channel to some uncertainty level that is comfortable for the reader, a good lesson for authors.
Spanish, by the way, is the best language for literature.
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