Creativity

By the magic of words Some might view it as an exaggeration. Some might take it as an emotional outburst. Some might indulge and read. Some might ignore it and move on. Nevertheless, it’s time to acknowledge. The power of words. The responses that nurture the soul. The support fuels creativity…

I SPEAK I WRITE I CREATE — The other night, when the moon came out, and threw its net of silver and gold, I picked up my proverbial pen, and punched in the sky, the magic words. “ABRACADABRA”! With words at my fingertips, I create this universe of ideas, emotions, joy, fear, love, and shining in the light…

Help Required — Introduction Do you like to read fictional stories? Do you like writing them? I have recently started to write some fictional stories and have found them very rewarding. However, I have found a big problem. They are not very well supported

The “bullshit” problem turns up in code, too — Lately I’ve been seeing people using ChatGPT to write code. One guy posted on Twitter about how he used it to make a simple version of Pong “in under 60 seconds”, while another had it write a Python script to rename files. I wanted to get in on the action…

Say “no” to vanity metrics — Twenty-five thousand three hundred seventy-four. That’s my published word count on Medium in my first 33 days. If each word were a foot, then counting unpublished drafts I stacked up a Mount Everest of words from February to March. I’m not a stats maven, but as a recovering lazy writer…

“Are you sure we’re going the right way?” “Pretty sure,” I said. “That doesn’t sound super confident.” “It wasn’t meant to.” “We’re lost aren’t we?” “What makes you say that?” “You’ve been staring at that map for 15 minutes.” “Maybe I just wanted to spend more time out here with…