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A mini essay (aka atomic essay) is a short text of prose, usually around 300-600 words long.

This is a now page.

Writers often write about the effectiveness of writing routines.

At first glance, the debate between nominalists and realists is a distant topic, irrelevant in everyday life.

A few years back, I bought myself a new Apple Watch.

This is an essay I wrote in 2010 I recently realized that I haven’t properly read a book for weeks.

Look at the worry lines on his forehead.

Every time I sit down to write (or do anything creative for that matter) I feel this deep sense of confusion, desperation, and bewilderment.

This is a list of book notes from other authors and bloggers that I have came across and found useful.

I love reading lists.

Let me ask you this: Are the people who are enthusiastic about Stoic philosophy (including me) already stoics?

On Counting Words Software engineers often talk about the old days when managers measured the productivity of a programmer by the number of lines of code they wrote.

I decided to write a non-fiction book on the topic problem-solving.

Here is what I think about writer’s block.

I started to read seriously in my early teens.

This is one of my favorite books on writing.

NB, when referring to page numbers I will use following format: (p.,123), meaning I’m citing from page 123 of How to Write a Thesis.

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The Inversion mental model — thinking about the opposite of what you want — is a powerful tool.

Things I want to say about writing Learning to write requires consistency.