Isn’t it amazing how getting an answer often prompts us to ask more questions? There’s an old well-known story about Zeno of Elea, the famed thinker who lived in 5th…
Posts tagged as “writing”
Do you write? If you do, can you say the following about yourself? “I want my readers to be truly moved by my words, but I don’t quite know how…
There is one thing every writer wants more than fame, money, and legions of readers. And if you write, you know that thing is. Whether you are just starting out…
“The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.” — Ken Kesey The world is full of mysteries. What is dark matter made of? How was Stonehenge built? What’s…
Ever since I started my recent intense writing journey, the number of topics I want to write about has been expanding steadily (exponentially would have been a much snappier choice…
Ah, the clickbait. The nemesis of the online (meaning every) reader. Whether you know its definition or not, you have seen it many, many times, perhaps even today. In fact,…
This is another post, written for Medium, that applies fully to any online writing. In case you are not familiar with Medium, a clap is its equivalent of Facebook’s like,…
Context: this post was written for a Medium publication, but its main idea applies to any writing, especially to writing online articles. You can find the original post along with…
Few occupations have as many myths and misconceptions associated with them as writing. Whether because of the deceiving simplicity of the process (after all, typing is a pretty common skill…
As Jerry Maguire (or rather Tom Cruise, pronouncing a line written by Cameron Crowe) once astutely observed, we live in a cynical world. The kind of a world, where you…