Thank you for writing this. You painted the scene very well I can tell you learned a lot from your art teachers!
Comment on The road they drove to dump this trash literally takes to the landfill
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Ah, the old Coon Hill Rd. special. Grew up near a wooded country road that was full of trash like this. People apparently came from all around the township to dump their trash and furniture up and down this road, and the county never bothered to clear it up. My family was never down with that, but my dad used to catch possums in his livetraps and relocate them on this exact road. I guess he didn’t know how beneficial it was to have possums around.
vala@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You are a skilled writer fr. Excellent prose.
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Thank you! Genuinely, that means a lot to hear. I’ve never heard anyone compliment my prose, but it’s something I value a lot in other literature, and have a hard time getting into novels that are lacking it.
I’ve been wanting/trying to write a fiction book for years, but I have a horrible habit of knocking out a few pages and then getting into my own head and picking apart my work. I’ll end up reworking it sentence by sentence until I hate whatever’s left. Your nice comment makes me want to try again. All the best to you!