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Three Overdone Writing Techniques

Poetic hardly covers this piece

Three things are overused among online writers today, Curated links, inline emojis and quotes from famous authors. Far be it from me to rain on a writer’s publishing day, But I invite you to discover why my rant holds water. 1. Quotes from famous authors increase reading time And sometimes fill the pages to the brink Presumably the wisdom contained is sublime But instead of the text, please include a link Worse yet is when an quote adds nothing “The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you” A 300-word paragraph quote must seal in the messaging An album’s entire lyrics to carry the whole piece through Why a quote has to be included in full, I fail to understand, Especially provided without an author’s interpretation You could have dodged this annoying repri

Piyali Mukherjee

May 01 2021

2 min read

Peels Peeve: "We Don't Need No Inspiration"

Creators who operate like God(s) in that they operate in a vacuum, and are entirely self-generated.

If you’re following this series, then you know that self-identification is my anathema. If you’ve stumbled across this at random, hi. Let me tell you that anyone who self-identifies as funny, kind, humble, charming and “not racist” is probably NOT funny, kind, humble, charming and “not racist”. There’s a disturbing trend among some people who partake in some sort of artistic hobby, which is a rapid self-identification with that hobby. For example, if someone played the guitar once, they’re not a guitarist. Someone wrote two sentences that rhymed, doesn’t make them a poet. Someone slapped together a meme, which doesn’t make them an artist. Someone stringing words together to form sentences is not a writer, a speaker or even a thinker. Someone who made one joke at the office water cooler

Piyali Mukherjee

Apr 10 2021

4 min read

Peels Peeve: "Storytelling is Cool and Useful But I Have No Stories To Tell"

Imagine not having a lived experience

Once upon a time, there was a human person who lived a life. Life is rich, varied, dangerous and complex. Humans were gifted with the ability of language to express and process their lived experiences. These expressions were called stories and went on to form cultures, myths, legends, tales, tropes, entertainment industries and stereotypes. And the humans flourished. They went on to make great cities, fight great wars, form formidable friendships, experience the ecstasy of food, joy, music and love under a vast celestial audience. Through this they found more stories than they could reasonably process in a lifetime. One day, a group of writers on Twitter dawned who declared, “what is the point of telling stories if we can just point to how useful they are?” Perhaps they had meta-st

Piyali Mukherjee

Apr 03 2021

2 min read

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