Thursday, January 14, 2010

Somewhere on the Australian east coast...

Today's musical inspiration comes with pictures not sound - imagine waking here at daybreak to a thousand-strong cicada orchestra. Magical! Ear-splitting.
Avoiding adjective overload in my writing has become a focus. Mark Twain's advice is: "As to the Adjective; when in doubt, strike it out... They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart."
See below, sans adjectives, snaps from a writing spot somewhere on the Australian east coast... 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey RUBYFIRE - this is scenery to furnish a book. Who abandoned the hat/clothes and cricket bat? (This is the first blog I have responded to this decade) - Joe Soho

Sam said...

Looks to me like someone went skinny dipping ;) x