Writing
Love to write~
Writing
I am fascinated with how some stories feel different just cos they are set up in Moscow, or London, or Rome—you can almost feel the sun or the lack of it, the cold, the smell.
These cities act as real characters that breathe life into the pages. From Tokyo’s surreal streets to St. Petersburg’s spectral beauty, swipe to... See more
instagram.comIt reminds me of writing and how I wake up week after week and get stuck on the blank page again and again. How I always despair that I have no more good ideas and, even if I did, not enough eloquence to convey said ideas. But I love it still. I love how writing brings everything to the surface, how it generates and absorbs my attention. How it
... See morein praise of slowing down
Essays should be linear, that’s what makes it an essay. If you have a mosaic of paragraphs that can be shuffled in any order, that’s not an essay, those are notes, no matter how poetic the prose.
Sequence matters. Our mind works via cause-and-effect. Of course, there’s value to creating tension, by purposely time jumping, or by injecting subtle
... See moreTwo simple rules:
- You get better at what you practice.
- Everything is practice.
3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
this hurdle I have to jump over each time I write: How can I say this more crisply? When I write (which is really just to say: when I think) it all boils down to one simple, but utterly excruciating question: What am I really trying to say here?