It is hard to write about physically difficult things without causing the reader to disengage.
AKHIL SHARMAAs a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions.
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The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance.
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Sandeep Jauhar gives us an insider’s look at the medical profession and also a dramatic account of the psychological challenges of early adulthood.
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Also, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female.
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The little babies are missing their families from their past lives.
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Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender.
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My parents are deeply pious Hindus.
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One’s life completely changes based on the rain. After the monsoon, because the dust settles, one can see further and so it feels like one’s eyesight has improved or that one is living in a different country where there is more light.
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Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
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I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships.
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I need to tell the things that are important but which don’t make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would destroy symmetry or narrative pace. This is my personal belief about what it means to write nonfiction.
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I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort.
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Intern will resonate not only with doctors, but with anyone who has struggled with the grand question ‘What should I do with my life?’ In a voice of profound honesty and intelligence,
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I realized that he was writing about good people doing good things. This did not match my experience of life and so I found my sentences stretching and becoming less plain.
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To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us.
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