Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 4:26:54 GMT
The end of the decade is near, but my 3 guiding words return undaunted , a column now in its 9th year. What will 2020 bring to us in our writing, in our work, in blogging, in life in general? We cannot know it, but we can in a certain sense influence destiny: 3 well thought out words are enough for us, 3 words that will have to summarize the path we want to follow, be it the book to write, the job to find, or any other goal to reach. My 3 words from 2012 to 2019 Have you missed a number of past columns? Here, as usual, is the list, year by year, of all my 3 words: 2012 : challenge, focus, austerity 2013 : consistency, goals, experiments 2014 : specialization, determination, innovation 2015 : change, sharing, awareness 2016 : resolution, authorship, independence 2017 : continuity, value, commitment 2018 : time, puzzles, self-esteem 2019 : futurism, poetry, classics How did my 2019 words go? Futurism : first word went well.
There has been some innovation – both in my writing and in my work. I also tested new styles, even the futuristic one! Poetry : no, this year I read few poems and only by Marinetti. There is the volume of Carducci's poems that looks at me hopefully every time I pass it. I'll read it soon. Classics : I have read few, just Special Data about ten, but in any case I have read several books by authors of the past, even if they are not classics. My 3 words for 2020 This year it was harder than usual to find the 3 words. The latest one only arrived in mid-December. I considered the books read in 2019 and discovered the first. I took a look at the languishing novel and the second one arrived. I went back to the books I read and finally the third one was added to the list. Philosophy I never expected this word. But then again, as a student, I wouldn't have imagined that one day I would start reading works by philosophers .
Why philosophy ? First of all because I'm enjoying reading it, at least Nietzsche's philosophy. I remember that I really liked the pre-Socratics at school. I have already spotted the volume of over 2000 pages that collects them. Philosophy because it can be useful to me in many ways, including in writing. Because it opens the mind, accustoms it to reasoning, to analysis. Professionalism I was mentioning the novel that is languishing. For now I have rewritten the first 2 chapters from scratch and I feel satisfied, even if I have to make some small corrections to the second. I'm stuck at the third one, I'm stuck on which style to use (there are 6 connected stories, each with its own setting and its own style). Why, then, professionalism ? Because a novel cannot be written in a hurry, but it must be a professional work, with attention to the smallest details and I am a very, perhaps too demanding person.
There has been some innovation – both in my writing and in my work. I also tested new styles, even the futuristic one! Poetry : no, this year I read few poems and only by Marinetti. There is the volume of Carducci's poems that looks at me hopefully every time I pass it. I'll read it soon. Classics : I have read few, just Special Data about ten, but in any case I have read several books by authors of the past, even if they are not classics. My 3 words for 2020 This year it was harder than usual to find the 3 words. The latest one only arrived in mid-December. I considered the books read in 2019 and discovered the first. I took a look at the languishing novel and the second one arrived. I went back to the books I read and finally the third one was added to the list. Philosophy I never expected this word. But then again, as a student, I wouldn't have imagined that one day I would start reading works by philosophers .
Why philosophy ? First of all because I'm enjoying reading it, at least Nietzsche's philosophy. I remember that I really liked the pre-Socratics at school. I have already spotted the volume of over 2000 pages that collects them. Philosophy because it can be useful to me in many ways, including in writing. Because it opens the mind, accustoms it to reasoning, to analysis. Professionalism I was mentioning the novel that is languishing. For now I have rewritten the first 2 chapters from scratch and I feel satisfied, even if I have to make some small corrections to the second. I'm stuck at the third one, I'm stuck on which style to use (there are 6 connected stories, each with its own setting and its own style). Why, then, professionalism ? Because a novel cannot be written in a hurry, but it must be a professional work, with attention to the smallest details and I am a very, perhaps too demanding person.