I second comment this after reading some of the blog posts.
Studying philosophy in university and having my essays critiqued was a very valuable experience. In three years my writing got perhaps 10-20% better, in part due to understanding that prose and argumentation is a reflection of the thought behind it.
If you write your blogs like this.
It just…
Looks like you are having snippets of ideas.
It isn’t very profound.
It is actually just an annoying stylistic dead-end.
Also reading, reading, reading things that aren’t technical articles and PowerPoint presentations really helps. To develop good style one has to know good stylists, and what one has taste for imitating.
I could go on. But I’ll try not to.
Except to say, why should anyone bother reading your blog? Why don’t you write a whole book instead? That can be a useful way to “write yourself out” to burn through all your bad and needless ideas while finding your own voice. Also accepting and understanding that minds vastly greater than those found in STEM sometimes choose to apply themselves to crafting fiction and prose.
But ultimately you need to have things you need to say.
Been thinking this. I try to complete whatever random thought I have in a day but that doesn't leave me with much time to really ponder or be profound.
Partly because I've found my attention span has really deteriorated over the last few years and I struggle to sit, read and think. I'm gradually spending more time thinking but I could do more.
Studying philosophy in university and having my essays critiqued was a very valuable experience. In three years my writing got perhaps 10-20% better, in part due to understanding that prose and argumentation is a reflection of the thought behind it.
If you write your blogs like this.
It just…
Looks like you are having snippets of ideas.
It isn’t very profound.
It is actually just an annoying stylistic dead-end.
Also reading, reading, reading things that aren’t technical articles and PowerPoint presentations really helps. To develop good style one has to know good stylists, and what one has taste for imitating.
I could go on. But I’ll try not to.
Except to say, why should anyone bother reading your blog? Why don’t you write a whole book instead? That can be a useful way to “write yourself out” to burn through all your bad and needless ideas while finding your own voice. Also accepting and understanding that minds vastly greater than those found in STEM sometimes choose to apply themselves to crafting fiction and prose.
But ultimately you need to have things you need to say.