Corey I find your video superb (might be your best one yet). I had emotions and visceral feelings watching it. I could relate to some of the emotions/states you described. As to the dichotomy - I see myself on "team teleology" (at least I hope to be ๐).
Social media is a game. And most of the times achievements on SM don't correlate with real life accomplishments. Likes and comments provide quick dopamine hits. Posting feels good. FEELS good. I'll be back on April 6th with a new vision. Now it's time to abstain from producing publicly and get back to consuming and reflecting on new ideas and perspectives. I'll still visit the website, but this time search bar > post button. If you want to communicate with me, DM me here or ping me on Telegram โ @metadoran
One of my favorite books, I re-read it from time to time (it's a short read). Imagine a great writing-class, encapsulated in book form. This book's focus is on fiction, but a lot of tips translate to all forms of writing. A great quote, to give you a taster: "When it came to the sax and my son, there was never going to be any real play-time; it was all going to be rehearsal. Thatโs no good. If thereโs no joy in it, itโs just no good. Itโs best to go on to some other area, where the deposits of talent may be richer and the fun quotient higher." "Talent renders the whole idea of rehearsal meaningless; when you find something at which you are talented, you do it (whatever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes are ready to fall out of your head. Even when no one is listening (or reading, or watching), every outing is a bravura performance, because you as the creator are happy. That goes for reading and writing as well as for playing a musical instrument, hitting a baseball, or running the four-forty." You can check out a detailed summary: https://www.grahammann.net/book-notes/on-writing-stephen-king
My hypothesis is: Commercial writing, copywriting, ghostwriting, content creation is all about simplification. The texts on social media are written in a way that even a 4-th grader will understand. The way people communicate ideas is utilitarian. Sooner or later this trend is going will reverse. Some people already appreciate richer language, vocabulary and literary figures. My idea is to incorporate spice into content so that it's not just useful to read, but also fun and awesome. As a linguist I marvel at what can be done with the language and think that we underutilize it. So, I want to read high literature and borrow similies, metaphors, epithets and other figures and add at least one to the text I create. What authors and books will you suggest I read to learn from?
