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Leave No Trace
It's a motto that one often sees when out in the environment. Meaning, if you go camping, everything you bring in, you carry out. I was reading about the Burning Man ▼ event having rain again this year, and how a few of the attendees were better prepared this time. Once a year at Burning Man, 80,000 people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and participation. In this crucible of creativity, all are welcome.
While it claims to be a no-trace event, the sheer volume of people in the desert creates a layer of trash in the playa that in rainy events, gets buried under the mud and ends up a permanent part of the playa.
I've also read some articles on micro-plastics, and the more I read, the more concerning it becomes. Like in the past with asbestos and related mesothelioma, these plastic bits are getting into our body. Pretty frightening things to read about. While I don't want to be a downer, I do like to encourage people, in whatever they do, to leave no trace.
Remember the litter commercial with the Native American crying ▼Native American crying ? It first aired on Earth Day in 1971. Not so politically correct now, but it does remind us to not only leave no trace but not use so many disposable containers. If you've been to the beach or a public park recently, it's quite obvious by the amount of trash left behind that it's a losing battle.
Not everyone will participate in leaving no trace, but I urge you when writing to have your characters leave no trace, even if that means picking up their spent gun cartridges. Let's be better citizens and be kind to one another. We only get one turn on this planet, let's make it a good one.
Thanks for reading my soap box soliloquy and as always Write On!
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This month's question: How do you impart morality and good decisions in your writing without seeming preachy?
Answer below Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do you use childhood memories and emotions in your writing?
Fairweather-Butterfly  : Yes, despite how much I would rather forget it. I still have wonder, no matter how much it dims.
Of course my taste and style has changed somewhat drastically from when I started creating,but I still maintain some ideas from all the way back in middle school.
deemac  : You mean like "Grandad's Secret Story" [E]?
Dad  : Sometimes. Sometimes I use childhood dreams and wishes.
PCGuyIV : That depends. Are you talking about personal childhood memories and emotions or those of the characters in my stories? In the case of the former, only if I've decided to write about my childhood memories and emotions (which happens on occasion on my blog). In the case of the latter, only if they are relevant, which so far, nothing of the sort has been relevant.
writer : It is thanks to my childhood memories that I am motivated today every time I remember an event I laugh which gives me good mood☺️
elephantsealer : Since writing is part of our lives, I believe "childhood memories" are part of what we are presently writing about; do you think?
KennyBlazek : No. My childhood is too painful to bring back up. Thanks for the reminder.
Mousethyme  : All personal experience is one of the tools most writers pull on for inspiration.
Thank you for your responses. I didn't include all the yes/no answers in the effort to conserve space, but I still appreciate your responses! Leger~
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