Working backwards is one of the tricks our best artists often use — If you’ve laughed at Dave Chapelle’s jokes or read fiction created by Dan Wells, you’ve been privy to one of creativity’s great open secrets. I first came across the concept when I explored fiction writing with Dan Wells. In his brilliant series of lectures, he suggested that stories take readers…

After a while it gets overwhelming — If you’ve committed to being a good Medium partner, you’re doing the essentials for success on the platform. Likely you’re writing regularly, reading/clapping/commenting on others’ posts and it’s all coming together. You’ve discovered the more you interact with others, the more likely (there’s no guarantee) they will engage with your…

Just how many seats are there on a spaceship? — Let’s get real, if the elites get their way, all of us will be left behind on a broken planet. Have you ever listened to the advice of rich folk? It’s fascinating the way they think. Things that an ordinary person would view as absurd, they put the weight of…

All we need is a hashtag — Non members can read this here. If you’ve been on Medium for more than a minute you know — when you’re new to the platform, hardly anyone will read your writing if you don’t read theirs. Until you get your writing chops up to the point where your content alone…

The Chase begins: Chapter 2 — How did she know my name? I barely had a moment to think when she pulled out a gun. The same old Walther she kept on her nightstand. Time slowed to a trickle. Her lips smiled in a red cupid’s bow. I could hear her heart thump in her chest…

Sunset on a Caribbean Beach — (non members can read this story here) I’m from the twin Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. So far South we never get hurricanes. I left in 2014 and made my way to Florida but before I left I took some memories of warm days for cold nights. Tonight, this…

Where did you go? — (Non members can read this here) For a moment when I woke up I thought you were there I reached over to your pillow To touch you, it was cold. Where did you go? I rub cobwebs from my eyes Maybe you went for some tea Sometimes when you can’t sleep It helps…

It’s the gas. — If you’ve been interested in the latest developments in the treatment of Diabetes, you’ll quickly discover there’s been a lot of excitement around drugs like Ozempic. They were initially used for the treatment of Diabetes and along the way, they discovered a side effect of the medication is that it…

Once you understand where the money comes from, you’ll know what’s coming next. — Let me blow your mind with one simple sentence. Money is loaned into existence. It’s such a simple statement isn’t it? But it tells a bizarre, almost unbelievable truth: if loans aren’t persistently made, money disappears. What Is Money And How Is It Created? These should be two of the easiest questions to answer in economics; after all, money is the one thing that we all use…www.forbes.com