Keep it simple, says a historian

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That day’s entry I was taking a break…More like procrastinating comparing comics and poems. At the moment I had the not so suitable suspicion you can make anything similar to anything if you dig enough as many funny ideas do. Or maybe it was just a cynical and disagreeable thought raising its venomous head to make me feel discouraged.

As of anything, today is a quote. Yes, I began to quote very early since writing is something you can pretend that needs a lot being said but, in fact, only needs the stupid order of… writing.

TIM FERRIS INTERVIEW TO NUVAL YOAH HARARI

This is good advice about teaching. And teaching is something a good writer should be able to do. Why? Because it requires making things simple and to show more than telling. It requires practice, telling suitable lies and confidence you can actually convey a message (story or information). García Márquez said you can’t be that confident. However, if you’re not confident enough, you might end giving up on that novel or comic or whatever. There are so many people who write better, right?

Yet, we still have something to say.

Whole interview with Yoah Harari

«I had to go back again and again to the core ideas and the lecture notes and ask <<Do I really understand what I’m talking about? If I really understand I should be able to make it simpler. I should be able to give a straightforward example>>» «It is a good method because first year students take no bullshit» «Whatever you write, the computer is fine with it. It’s too long, it’s incomprehensible, it’s boring, the computer doesn’t care but the students give you immediate feedback»

Oh, this ain’t a comercial since Tim Ferris (thanks a lot be given to the chap), allows anyone to use the interview transcription (blog or newspaper article); as long as it is no longer than 500 words, it is unprofitable and the source is mentioned. Something I deem as ultra kind since I don’t have to bite my tongue and avoid saying it is the guy who plays bat to avoid DMCA.

Pasto kalo.