The Unretired Writer

Sometimes, something as simple as taking images with your cell phone can be a very rewarding hobby.  Get good enough with it and you might just double up your retirement check. Problem is, there are also literally millions of people who think their images are just as good as yours. Consider the image below:  Take a look at this: The first is a head on collision with all the wrong reasons why images taken by amateurs are just plan bad. First, the subject is dead center. Photography does have its visual rules known as cropping so that the subject is two thirds vertical and two thirds horizontal. Of course, I'm allowed to break the rules.  Still this one comes close to the 1/3rd, 2/3rds rule It is also about a half stop overexposed. Second, the blue tips of these soon to be flowers are blue tipped and, quite frankly, blend too much into the background. Third, there's too much going on in the picture. Let's take a look at another...

Let's talk about article writing. Whether you choose to write articles for a local paper, regional, state, national or international publication, the fact is, the writing is uniform and can be placed into three categories: Advertorial Editorial Feature A feature can be broken down into distinct types: Advice Arts and Crafts Computer skills Electronic Devices Human Interest Health Hobbies Outdoor Activities Retirement Sex  Social grace Survival Travel  Writing styles include: Reverse Pyrimid Faction Photo-feaature

Fiction. The trick is to not burden the user or viewer with a lot of technical terms they can't understand but to make the experience with the program or the show fun, exciting and easy to follow. Scene 1: Hero goes to his boss's funeral Hero now has inherited the responsibilities of his boss Hero observes people around him that are morning over his boss's untimely death Hero also notices some cold, rough looking men who make him feel uncomfortable Hero pays his last respects to his boss When done, our hero, the newly appointed Attorney General places his hand on the bible and raises his hand and says, "I do." Walking up to his limo, our hero gets abruptly greeted by a person he has never met before and then gets into his limo At home, our hero finds a piece of paper in his suit jacket. He unfolds it. "Tierney starts at the top. B.W.R " "Honey, do you know a B.W.R?" He hears his wife chuckle.  "Who hasn't. That's...

You are probably wondering how writing and programming are a lot a like.  When you write a story, the idea is to take the reader through a process that arrives and comes to the same conclusion that you intended. Good programming works the same way. You wouldn't be reading this if I had to think about how this will look at the end if it I had to write it in purely HTML or had to transfer what I'm writing form Microsoft Word to Blogger format. So a good program can be defined this way.  A program is a logical progression of choices which enable you to perform a task in three or less steps. Your phone applications. You touch an icon and the application begins to run. If it connects to the internet, it uses the username and password you provided it to make that connection. You are then given the main screen and you type in or select a person you want to send an email to, type in a subject. type in some content and press the send button. These are known facts to...

Almost all creative work share the same facts:  They aren't age prejudice. They aren't as much concerned about what you did in the past as they are impressed with the work you are doing today They can help you keep your mind young and your senses sharp. Creative work includes inspirational speaking events, lectures, writing, photography, mechanical drawing, shop, sculpturing, art and believe it or not programming. Basically, its everything a creative person wanted to do while working towards retirement but didn't have the time or the desire to do with a full plate known as a daily routine. It is my hope I can help you with some of these.