List: My Essays on Language & Writing | Curated by Shashi Sastry

Oct 10, 2024

22 stories

My Essays on Language & Writing
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Shashi Sastry
How To Convert Substantial Thinking About Anything Into Something Valuable For The WorldPart of your wisdom portfolio
Oct 9, 2024
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Oct 9, 2024
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Why You Should Write Mostly In One Expert AreaEmanations of the Philosophy of Life Instinct
Dec 16, 2023
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Dec 16, 2023
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Shashi Sastry
Twelve Examples of Office Jargon that Make Me Cringe!Mind your language
May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023
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Shashi Sastry
Why Do You Write?On Language and Writing
Nov 21, 2022
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Nov 21, 2022
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I Find These Ten Words Beautiful. How about you?For the love of English
Nov 5, 2022
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Nov 5, 2022
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Shashi Sastry
Are You One of the Lucky Ones With Writer-to-Writer Chemistry?When a connection strikes
Sep 10, 2022
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Sep 10, 2022
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Our Writing May Be Getting Better, But What Makes It Fast or Slow?From one writer to another
Sep 17, 2022
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Sep 17, 2022
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Shashi Sastry
Why, Oh Why Can’t I Copy a Friend Link from the Medium App?! Aargh…Do you ever have the feeling that you are looking for something that’s right in front of you, but you are either too addled or dumb to see…
Jun 20, 2022
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Jun 20, 2022
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Choosing the Best Form to Make Our Writing AttractiveWhen should we use what?
May 21, 2022
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May 21, 2022
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Shashi Sastry
Why Did Medium Remove Writing/Editing From Its Mobile App?Not happy, Jan!
Mar 28, 2022
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Mar 28, 2022
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Quality Thinking!
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Shashi Sastry
The Tyranny of BuzzwordsHype and jargon can do real damage.
Aug 8, 2020
Aug 8, 2020
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Shashi Sastry
Writing by Formula May Ruin the Pleasure Of Something UniqueIncessant devices are too much of a good thing
Aug 15, 2020
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Aug 15, 2020
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Writers’ Blokke
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Shashi Sastry
This is All You Need for Unique and Delightful Writing4 essential and 15 optional aspects to balance the authentic and the elegant in your stories.
Aug 28, 2020
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Aug 28, 2020
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Inspired Writer
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Shashi Sastry
Are you a Writing Narci(ssist)?A bit of a rant about those who publish to show off.
Oct 3, 2020
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Oct 3, 2020
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Writers’ Blokke
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Shashi Sastry
The Pandemic of ‘I’​ that is Killing ‘Me’​Political (in)correctness in grammar!
Nov 20, 2020
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Nov 20, 2020
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Shashi Sastry
How Medium will Light Our Way to a Splendid New FutureWe have only ourselves. No one else can save us. No one else needs to.
Nov 23, 2020
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Nov 23, 2020
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Shashi Sastry
3 Reasons Why I’ll Gladly Read Your Old StoriesSo if I haven’t, just ask me.
Dec 18, 2020
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Dec 18, 2020
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ILLUMINATION
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Shashi Sastry
The #cancelsic MovementI am sick of sic. Aren’t you?
Oct 12, 2021
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Oct 12, 2021
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ILLUMINATION
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Shashi Sastry
How to Become a Perpetual Machine of IdeasWe can keep writing lifelong
Dec 30, 2021
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Dec 30, 2021
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ILLUMINATION
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Shashi Sastry
Are you Improvising or Improving? Or Neither?Please forgive a rant by a lover and protector of the language
Jan 4, 2022
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Jan 4, 2022
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My Essays on Language & Writing

How To Convert Substantial Thinking About Anything Into Something Valuable For The World

Part of your wisdom portfolio

Why You Should Write Mostly In One Expert Area

Emanations of the Philosophy of Life Instinct

Twelve Examples of Office Jargon that Make Me Cringe!

Mind your language

Why Do You Write?

On Language and Writing

I Find These Ten Words Beautiful. How about you?

For the love of English

Are You One of the Lucky Ones With Writer-to-Writer Chemistry?

When a connection strikes

Our Writing May Be Getting Better, But What Makes It Fast or Slow?

From one writer to another

Why, Oh Why Can’t I Copy a Friend Link from the Medium App?! Aargh…

Do you ever have the feeling that you are looking for something that’s right in front of you, but you are either too addled or dumb to see…

Choosing the Best Form to Make Our Writing Attractive

When should we use what?

Why Did Medium Remove Writing/Editing From Its Mobile App?

Not happy, Jan!

The Tyranny of Buzzwords

Hype and jargon can do real damage.

Writing by Formula May Ruin the Pleasure Of Something Unique

Incessant devices are too much of a good thing

This is All You Need for Unique and Delightful Writing

4 essential and 15 optional aspects to balance the authentic and the elegant in your stories.

Are you a Writing Narci(ssist)?

A bit of a rant about those who publish to show off.

The Pandemic of ‘I’​ that is Killing ‘Me’​

Political (in)correctness in grammar!

How Medium will Light Our Way to a Splendid New Future

We have only ourselves. No one else can save us. No one else needs to.

3 Reasons Why I’ll Gladly Read Your Old Stories

So if I haven’t, just ask me.

The #cancelsic Movement

I am sick of sic. Aren’t you?

How to Become a Perpetual Machine of Ideas

We can keep writing lifelong

Are you Improvising or Improving? Or Neither?

Please forgive a rant by a lover and protector of the language

Shashi Sastry

The Pandemic of ‘I’ that is Killing ‘Me’