It seems like, whenever I hear a writer talk about how unsentimental he is (and it usually is a he), something pretty schmaltzy is bound to follow. If a macho intensifier ("relentlessly," "unflinchingly") is used to modify "unsentimental," then get ready for pure treacle.
Don't worry about un/sentimental. Just write interesting or affecting words, and deal with it in revision. What you resist persists.
from Startles (an ongoing sequence)
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*from *Startles
The curb says, do not park here. It says, storm drain below, says palm tree
above, says graveyard, says take my picture. And I do: narro...
2 weeks ago