Re; Respond, Don’t Create

I came across a blog post by Herbert Lui titled Respond, Don’t Create, and thought I would respond. For people looking to publish more often, he recommends reading interesting articles from around the web, thinking about them, and then crafting a response from your own perspective. While the article focuses in part on social media, the idea also applies to more substantive writing. I have written many articles prompted by things I read from around the web. However, not all of those articles are responses per se. Meaningfully engaging with something as a reader or viewer can inspire a novel article beyond a “letter to the editor”-style response.

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