Everyone who owns a home does yard work. You're not exactly André Le Nôtre or anything.
You are not creating "a safe space" or any of that other stuff you talk about. Anyone with half a brain knows that your posts are just thinly disguised creative writing exercises in which you embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary. And unless you disclose that, it sort of makes your posts disingenuous, doesn't it? Not to mention this is RFF. If you are going to embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, at least make them about mundane photography activities. Impose some discipline on yourself as a writer. And don't just rehash the same old material.
If other members here would like to set up a thread on RFF to try their hand at embroidering mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, here's a link to a primer. It was the first link that popped up on Google, so if it doesn't tickle your fancy, there are plenty of others. It's a standard Creative Writing 101 assignment.
As writers, we always look for ways to hook and excite the reader. We want to engage the audience and keep them intrigued by the story from start to finish. Whether it’s a mur…
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And oh by the way, you have mentioned Hemingway a couple of times in connection with your extraordinary deep sea fishing trips on extraordinary charter boats. For variety, try Hemingway's writing style. It requires precision rather than flourish, so there's a new writing skill to master. Here's an example:
"It is spring. I planted flowers. I am sore."
Hemingway's style gets right to the core of the matter. Sort of like the difference between a Leica M3 and an especially egregious Leica Special Edition. Just to keep the post photography related.
If you are still following along, KitKat bars were back down to $1.19 at the grocery store yesterday. Given the Fed's rather cautious recent rate hike, they still have further room to fall, so I refrained from loading up the truck.
