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How writing advice in school often doesn’t apply to writing in real life
In school, students are told to use complex vocabulary, but in reality, many writers try to use simple words, like Ernest Hemingway. What other things are kids told about writing that contradict real life?
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The difference between children’s and adults’ books
Writing for children and writing for adults is different. But what are the differences?
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The importance of “show, don’t tell” in writing
Storytelling is about transporting a person to another world. That’s why showing, not telling, makes better stories.
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The short films nominated for Oscars
While there are certainly many good shows being nominated for Best Picture, there are also many great film shorts nominated for Oscars this year. Here are my takes on 10 of them.
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Music: a private thing or a communal one?
These days, music is a private thing, a thing you do with headphones on by yourself. But is it always that way?
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How doing nothing, really, is actually doing something
Many people have heard the (re)phrase, “don’t just do something, stand there!” But isn’t “standing there” doing something?
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Robot Cooking
Is it possible to build machines that can detect and interpret smells? And if so, what would the applications be?
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Thoughts on language: forgetting words
We all have days where we just forget words, right when we need them. Isn’t that annoying?
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Coloured Lights
Besides Christmas lights and disco balls, lights are almost always yellow. Why?
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How the Internet is making us all extremists
Let’s be clear: extremism doesn’t begin with a pulled trigger. It ends there. And the Internet, despite all the wonders it has done for the world, has probably been one of the best incubators for extremist thought.
64th Opinion 