Writing Life

Interesting dynamics can be created between characters and environment. The best writings are so vivid you can picture them having a life outside of the start and end of the story. Where the earth is on my ...

In the Middle Ages, most Europeans who saw a picture, or received a physical description of a tiger, got it from a bestiary, a didactic book produced by Aristotle (among others). Greece word phantasia is rel...

A feeling of solidarity is not foreign to any soul. The healing agents for loneliness are awareness, acceptance, and compassion. Sometimes, people try to get rid of the pain by blaming themselves. Practice ...

Moments with my best mate, Jack Chia, before we forgot what happened completely #GoodTimes "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art....It has no survival value; rather it is one of those thi...

Making your characters complex and not stock types, often deemed easy but the process is actually painstaking. Wanting the readers to be swept away and feel the characters come to life with their imagination...

The term “epistemology” comes from the Greek "episteme," meaning "knowledge," and "logos," meaning, roughly, "study, or science, of." "Logos" is the root of all terms ending in "-ology" – such as psychology, ...

With my mentor, Ethan Ang, a Public Relations veteran The power and influence of a good mentor can’t be overstated. I haven’t had many, but the one I have had changed the course of my life. If you’re fair...

“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” “Don’t chase the money, follow your heart.” “Find your unique purpose; that’s where you’ll find happiness and success.” At some point in our...