Writer’s Digest guest post by Jude Berman

Author Jude Berman discusses whether and when writers should consider hammering home certain points and messages in their fiction.

Sometimes you need a hammer. I don’t mean in the sense Tim Hardin sang about years ago: “If I were a carpenter…” I mean if you are a writer. Today. In this world. Writers need the literary equivalent of a hammer in their toolbox. They may not always choose to use it, but they should at least have it available. Arguably they sometimes may need a sledgehammer.

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