Writing

I believe an essay is the most flexible written medium, and it calls for a fusion of genres: the soul of a memoirist, the pen of a poet, and the rigor of an academic. By learning to shape a thesis, your essays will become more than gripping stories with beautiful sentences, they will help you and your reader make sense of the world.

The writing mind is able to go deep because it keeps the focus constant. You can explore ideas with levels of logic and rigor that the thinking mind can’t achieve on its own.

The thinking mind moves horizontally.

The writing mind moves vertically.

we cut the world into pieces with words, distinctions, categories. analogy and metaphor sews things back together, reminds us of the inherent sameness of everything

Unreasonably effective writing advice:

"What are you trying to say here?

Okay, just write that."

1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus on other funding mechanisms such that I don't have to worry much about how to monetize writing.

2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down... See more