I took a course called Learning How to Learn, and it opened my mind to many things I was doing wrong about learning new things. I will recommend it to anyone who wants to know how to learn effectively. This post is a brief lesson from the course; these are the key ideas. We all … Read more
In the quest to get better at writing stories, I read a lot of author’s advice. Zadie Smith is one of the best people I learned how to do that from. She talked about writing in a way that’s so interesting. About me –– I have a fair idea about story writing because I was … Read more
Is it not to write? I can do it. I have been told this a few times because of how much I asked for in exchange for time at the writing desk, the thoughts (from years of experience) I would put into it, and the results such projects could generate. But recruiters don’t want to … Read more
One of the most interesting characters I have come across in fiction books is Cathy Ames of East of Eden. If you have read the book, you know she’s a lot of things, but nice and caring are not the best adjectives to describe her. However, she is so interesting and unique in a special … Read more
When I think about Virginia Woolf’s The Death of the Moth, it reminds me of the situation where, as a creative person, the things around you start giving you insight or ideas about things in your head. It’s that situation where something simple connects with something you have been trying to understand for a while. … Read more
J. K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter Series, a book that was almost not published but turned out into an eight-book series with more than 600 million copies sold over the decades, a book franchise, a movie franchise, and tons of merchandise sold, putting the author as one of the billionaire authors to ever exist. … Read more
I was probably seventeen, and I’d just finished this amazing book. I loved the feeling so much that I started looking for books like The Alchemist online. I read a couple of books after that, but there’s one sad truth: There are no other books like The Alchemist. Sorry… So, why are we here? Well, … Read more
This post is number 100 on this blog, and what other best way can I celebrate than putting a list of the most insanely beautiful, meaningful, and inspiring best blog posts I have ever read? Thinking about it now, starting this blog has changed my views about marketing, content creation, and business. (I’m still waiting … Read more
To read without getting distracted in the times of the internet and sophisticated mobile devices is quite tricky. There is so much distraction, and inside one distraction, there are many other distractions. For instance, your phone has a few social media apps and games, and one social media app, like Twitter, has hundreds of millions … Read more
These are valuable ideas for those living alone for the first time or people living alone, generally. 5 Things You Must Know About Living Alone: Now that we have cleared some of those things, let’s talk about how to manage things. Living Alone For The First Time, Everything You Need These are the things you … Read more
The ball is in your court if you want to grow as a writer. You can do it, but where will you begin this journey? The first step is to start to describe what you do in detail. What do you do? ‘I’m a writer’ is a bit vague. I have no idea what that … Read more
There are too many books on storytelling. The real issue is how many offer much value compared to the hours it would take to read them. For most, not so much. Read as many as you can. Pick what’s useful and move on to the next. However… Some books are richer or more helpful than … Read more