Hite put forth the opinion (beloved by writing teachers everywhere) that the more exacting a recounting of an event, the more widespread its potential appeal: "Specificity equals universality." As an example, she offered "Invisible String," a song Swift wrote with Aaron Dessner, from the sad-dad band the National.
The instructor, a forty-three-year-old local writer and editor named Shelley Mann Hite, teased out various techniques employed in the lyrics of the woman she called "the breakup artist." These included figurative language, literary references, and the use of Easter eggs.
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