A few months ago when the annual Writer's Digest short story contest came around, I decided to take a break from novel writing, revive an old short story, and submit it for the competition. It didn't place, and looking back, I can see why. The story was dull.
Month: March 2018
My Article on Applying for Tech Writing Jobs
Just a brief announcement: last July I published an article in the Society for Technical Communication's (STC) magazine Intercom about how to be a strong job candidate for technical writing positions. Unfortunately, the article was paywalled, so only members of STC could access it. A few weeks ago, however, the folks at TechWhirl (a separate online magazine about tech writing) allowed me to re-publish the article on their website. You can now access the article for free. Read on for the link.
Thinking Hard Is Harder Than You Think
We all have stories of stupid things we have thought before, and in our current climate of political division and echo chambers, we all know people (friends, relatives, acquaintances, total strangers) whose opinions we find particularly dumb. Why is that? Why do we seem to have so much bad thinking in our lives and society at large when we have access to more knowledge and education than ever before? That is one of the central questions Alan Jacobs sets out to answer in his book, 'How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds.'
Richard Rabil, Jr. 