Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.
Kano JigoroRead
Keep a diary, but don't just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up as a brief vignette. Give it color, include quotes and dialogue, shape it like a story with a beginning, middle and end—as if it were a short story or an episode in a novel. It's great practice. Do this while figuring out what you want to write a book about. The book may even emerge from within this running diary.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Writing in a diary helps improve storytelling skills and can inspire future writing projects.
This quote emphasizes the importance of not merely recording daily activities but instead focusing on specific experiences worth storytelling. By crafting these moments into vignettes, one can enhance their writing skills and potentially uncover themes or ideas for larger works, like a book, as they reflect on their experiences.
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In practice
Example use cases
During a writing workshop, you might quote this to encourage participants to explore their creativity.
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