: Re: How to cue in our readers that we are using an uncommon symbolism? We all know some common symbolism: For instance, red stands for anger, blood, and violence. The cross stands for martyrdom

You may want to consider how necessary the symbolism is to your story.

If it's something that's important for the reader to understand in order for the rest of your story to make sense, you should probably have some explanation. An Example could go like this:

As he stared up at the swirling patterns on the guild hall office emblem Repomonster was reminded of his childhood dream to join the guild. He knew what each swirl represented...

Another example could be using an ignorant character and having the symbolism explained to them.

On the other hand, if the symbolism is not critical to the reader understanding the rest of your story it may not be worth taking the reader on a side trip away from your plot to explain. Leave it there as an Easter egg of sorts for attentive readers to find and appreciate.

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