Is there a term for this? Specifically, repetitively describing an object throughout the novel to the point of making it a fetish or an obsession, for the purposes of building microtension? I don't mean the repetition of words, a line, a phrase, or a motif, but a physical object that a character has.
Can anyone think of any examples where something like this is done?
Done poorly, I imagine it would be irritating and like bludgeoning the reader with overkill.
Done well, I'm imaging it as this little tick-tick-tick that pulses constantly through the narrative, that no one notices in-story, but drives the reader mad with intrigue.
Can anyone think of any examples where something like this is done?
Done poorly, I imagine it would be irritating and like bludgeoning the reader with overkill.
Done well, I'm imaging it as this little tick-tick-tick that pulses constantly through the narrative, that no one notices in-story, but drives the reader mad with intrigue.
