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The internet is another world of its own, a digital world, a virtual reality. It is an escape for some people and a safe haven for others. With the internet, we can be anything and we can be everything. I don't know, but can we call it a mask? Because for some people, the internet can also serve as a smoke screen.

To me, it's like the spiritual realm, where we are all connected with our minds. The internet is a place our mind game comes to play. We do not see, but we feel, and trust me when I say we can feel everything.

With the internet, we become empaths and if you are sensitive enough, you could sense a person's true emotions from written words and this is precisely how I create my contents in the form of writing.

When I write, I read out the words to my hearing, I am the writer, the reader and also the listener. As I write and read it out loud, I put myself in character formation and even act it out sometimes, lol. If a scene doesn't trigger my emotions, I delete it and write another.

We are all connected and whatever I feel as I write and rehearse, I believe the other person will feel it too when they read. In the same vein, if I just write without my emotions coming to play, the content becomes weightless and whoever is reading it could see clearly that I'm struggling with words. This usually happens when I'm overwhelmed and stressed out.

Recently, I called myself to order and asked myself, why create a worthless write-up of little or no value just because you want to write? Is it not better you create one content of value that will stand the test of time than to create several worthless pieces?

I carried out a little experiment of the above and saw that it's more credible dealing with quality than quantity, and The Inkwell curators guided me a lot to this realization.

Then, aside the written content, there's the graphical content, which sometimes is used as a clickbait. There's a saying that the eyes feed First before the mouth tastes or eat, this is why it is often advised that we make our dish presentable. Similarly, to create an appealing content, we need to marry our written words to beautiful graphics.

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The above photos are the same object but different capturing style. To me, the one on the right draws my attention more.

Image is mine

These photos were taken on separate occasions. Picture on the right wasn't intended for content but my doctor was asking what I had for breakfast as I was having stomach upsets. If I come across both photos on a neutral ground, picture on the left will get my reaction and not picture on the right

Some individuals are picture readers, without graphics they tend to lose interest in whatever that is penned down no matter how mind-blowing, or beautifully the content has been written.

You might have beautiful and intelligently written words, but with poor graphics attached, you might not get the desired reach or reaction. There are people who just come to your written content, look at beautiful photos and react to that.

While I try to create magic with words, I also put in efforts to ensuring that my picture quality is sharp and catchy to the eyes.

One thing I always look out for when getting a phone is the camera quality. I don't know about any other specifications, but once the Camera is sharp and takes good photos, I'm game and can spend good money to purchase.

In all, I try to make my read interesting and always look out for feedbacks. There were times I had complaints that my write-ups were too long. I had to study other writers and copy a thing or two from their writing style. Now I have learned to make my write-up concise and straight to the point while still passing the required or desired information.

To cap it all, I try with some grammar checker apps to reduce written errors to the barest minimum. Nothing is more frustrating than reading bad grammar and badly punctuated write-ups, lol.

Above is my response to the August inleo prompt, you can participate HERE

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