Advaith, I enjoyed the piece for a number of reasons but mainly because t here's a freshness to it that you won't find in many edited pieces. An editor might have been tempted into retitling your piece as "7 reasons why learning the guitar taught me more about life". My objection here is not the listicle itself, that's a format like any other format with strengths and weaknesses. Rather, my point is that sometimes in over-editing a piece, it loses its uniqueness/essence. That is not a problem with your piece. Usually the next big challenge for a writer is not so much the first piece as it is the second piece. Good luck with that. I look forward to reading more of your stuff.
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 1:26 AM, Hari Shenoy [email protected] wrote: I play the guitar at home to entertain myself and occasionally play for friends when I've mustered up enough liquid courage and i wanted to let you know that this is a well written piece that should motivate more people to pick up an instrument. There's very little that brings as much satisfaction. Thank you for sharing and hope to read more of what you've penned down. On 22 Mar 2017 4:40 pm, "Advaith Mohan" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
After years of wanting to write, I finally manned up and wrote a short
piece
<https://medium.com/@advaithmohan90/what-learning-
the-guitar-taught-me-about-life-f9c6d5b8a942#.2lihruexb>
on the life lessons I got from learning the guitar.
I would love to hear your feedback as I'm looking to make writing a regular
practice.
Regards,
Advaith Mohan
H R VenkateshTow-Knight Fellow 2016, New YorkCo-ordinator, Hacks/Hackers New Delhi Ph: +1 646-874-9924Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
