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Aug. 27th, 2018

The first rule of description is to look. A lot. What does a sunset really look like? A rose? A lawn in the drought?

It helps keep you from errors like having the stump send up a sprout in the middle of the stump. (Trees sprout new greenery from the edge.)

Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/1012846.html

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