Of course I understand the physics of it - suffusion of light, a terrestrial observation point, and all that. Even so, I am dumbfounded at how a handful of heated wires and gases can reduce billions of celestial furnaces into a countable collection of hazy dots in a not-quite-black sky.
MORE INFORMATION (added 3/9): The assignment was to describe the sky. This was observational, so writers were encouraged to use descriptive words more than metaphors or emotive words. Follow the links below to see how other people took the exercise:
Nancy Parra - This Writer’s Life
This was a really interesting post, because you combined both your observations and your feelings about it. As I said in the "instructions", there really aren't any rules for this, and I liked the way your voice came through!
ReplyDeleteWill be posting links to everyone's results tomorrow!
Thought you would be interested in a new SCI-FI story writing contest. Winner receives $250 and a free copy of the anthology put together with other entries from the contest.
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Love it! I look forward to reading more of your "adventures."
ReplyDeleteVery nice, and something to think about.
ReplyDeleteYour take on the challenge was very different, it gives an atmosphere without actually limiting how the reader visualises the sky.
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