Writing Before Sunset

The incessant fine line is where the sky meets the sea at the horizon with a clean tear between the lit sky and undulating water. The distance away is what makes it fine. The illusion of melding continuous scenes of movement with stark or sometimes subtle contrasts of nature’s color and depth makes a west coast sunset incessant because of its permanence within our line of view each and every day. 

There is also an incessant fine line between words and sentences.

A line in poetry portrays what writers are trying to convey and there is a fine line whether they actually did that or not. If the writer places a sequence of words differently than what is expected by the reader it will cause them to go back and reread after their mind goes on autopilot for the rest of the line. Instead, to make a line great the writer has to get it right in the first place for the reader.  

There is a fine line between what the writer sheds light upon and what the reader will see. What is brilliant to one reader may be too dull for another. It is an incessant fine line when the writer portrays the same brilliance over and over again in a different way and the reader absorbs only that light which is within their view, what they are able to understand.

As a writer, I believe the fine line between expectation and autopilot can be erased successfully when incessant writing is presented poetically and philosophically while changing up the genre to keep it interesting for a wider audience. To hold my own interest I need to keep it simple enough for me to understand. It’s hard to make sense sometimes and even harder to not make sense to yourself whether  you’re writing for preservation or presentation. I don’t mind reading my own thoughts over and over if that means I can get it right for the reader. After all, writing is meant for communication, to be shared, inspired, and admired. 

Good writing is a lot like a brilliant sunset. It can still be brilliant even when it’s not seen by all those busy people. If a sunset turns out to be mediocre it’s not as if it didn’t happen but it goes unnoticed because of a busy sky.