It’s 14th Feb, 2026, Valentine’s Day; a day to celebrate love. I came across the following video by Indu Khatri, in which she asks viewers to write a love letter to themselves, regardless of their ...

Write your name — over and over. You’ll be surprised what you learn. By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told me to write my name. After I scrawled it out ...

1. Write before you decide how you feel about it. The fastest way to kill a writing session is to ask yourself “is this good?” before you’ve written a single sentence. That question belongs to editing ...

Most of us think of writing as a means of communication — whether we’re sending a text, crafting a memo, or penning a novel to convey our feelings and ideas to others. And that definitely is a hugely ...

Writing about stressful situations is one of the easiest ways for people to take control of their problems and release negative effects of stress from their bodies and their lives. James Pennebaker, ...

“Love yourself.” It’s the phrase of the century — it’s on posters, signs, speeches, and every 10th video on Instagram reels. They’d probably put it on fast food bags if eating fast food wasn’t more or ...

At a family reunion last summer, my grandmother gleefully presented me with a manila folder. Inside were several sheets of paper, all different sizes, each filled with my childish scrawl. They were ...

This is my last full week to work on my book, and so of course every time I look at it, the problems all but leap off the page at me. A problem might be an entire scene I feel shaky about, or a single ...