Watch the episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/his4qaunSmA

Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4kfYRqxYtqA

Do you use English idioms in speaking or writing to sound advanced? To impress someone? To look cool?

Don't.

Episode links

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A fascinating interview with David Loewen from Canada. David is a writer, thinker and Doctor of Education. He's also the co-founder of Humanity Academy, a social enterprise committed to empowering individuals by unlocking the doors of knowledge, wisdom, and self-awareness.

David and I talked about:

I'm fascinated by David's work. I hope you'll find this interesting too.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:50 Humanity Academy

06:36 Problems with Traditional Education

13:05 Solutions

23:55 Learning Journals

36:35 Keeping a Learning Journal

49:31 Individualism

58:37 Talking to Ourselves

1:09:00 Consistency?

1:22:30 5-Day Crash Course

1:26:00 Conclusion

*Books we mentioned (hope I haven't missed any!)*

Links to David's Work:

- Personal website: https://www.davidloewen.org/

- Newsletter (2 free weekly issues): https://www.boxcutter.co/

- Humanity Academy: https://www.humanityacademy.life/

- The Learning Journal Crash Course: https://www.learningjournal.life/

David's Medium:

- https://medium.com/@thelearningjournals

- https://medium.com/@thedavidloewen

For more about Fabio (me) go to https://fabiocerpelloni.com/

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Keeping a journal or a diary has never scared anyone. But putting your words in front of other people’s eyes, well, yes, that might be intimidating, especially if you’re writing in a second language.

I never had an audience when I was learning to write in English. I would use pen and paper, and I never published a single word except for some status updates on Facebook.

I missed out.

Knowing that someone will read you may be scary, but it'll naturally force you to revise, improve, and polish your text. You’ll be checking the language you use, asking yourself whether your ideas are clear or not and, most importantly, you’ll be writing to and for real human beings who may even give you some feedback.

That's why I encourage you to publish your writing.

I’ve been there for a while too, so if you need any help or have any questions about it, let me know in the comments.

*Links*

Watch on YouTube --

Links and stuff I mentioned

"100 Ways to Improve Your Writing" by Gary Provost

My website -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/

A ramble about what to ask yourself before writing.

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In this episode of Stolaroid Stories, I'm joined by Niki Tisza, a non-native English writer and designer from Hungary. Niki started writing when she was a kid and her passion for the written word has never waned.

Here's what you'll hear her talk about:

- Journaling

- Negative feedback she received from teachers

- Her successes as a blogger

- Coping with criticisms about her English grammar.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

- Reading books

- Writing tips

I hope her story will inspire you.

𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

- Niki on Medium - https://medium.com/@nikitisza

- 41 Useful AI Prompts for Non-Native English Writers (PDF) --https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SH_mfeXlBQjn92Jxmfn5HlZa_ggbNAlV/view?usp=sharing

- 3-week writing program - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/writing-program/

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝

- Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger

- Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger

- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

00:00 Introduction

01:06 Niki's Early Writing Journey

09:47 Negative Feedback

22:02 Writing in English

32:45 Blogging vs. Social Media

36:01 Writing Advice

41:33 Using ChatGPT

48:00 Reading + @ArnoldSchwarzenegger

53:50 Future Project +Conclusion

I have a monthly subscription to the ChatGPT 4, the "premium" version. I love ChatGPT. In one of my blogs, I wrote:

"An AI chatbot is a tool — like a hammer. You can use a hammer to put up paintings on the wall, build a hospital for kids, defend yourself from a mugger, or smash your partner’s head. A hammer is neither good nor bad. A hammer is a hammer. But what you use a hammer for can have good or bad consequences." An AI chatbot is the same. An AI chatbot is a terrible tool for you as a non-native English writer if you let the machine write for you.

(Read the full article here if interested -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/41-ai-prompts-for-non-native-english-writers/)

I'm doing a Master's degree in Language Education. I'm focussing my study on helping non-native English writers so I'm learning many things about writing and writers' processes these days.