by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
My desk totem for my writing space—my creative space—is a baby dragon hatching from an egg. It’s the one personal item I have on my desk. I selected it for a specific reason: It is a reminder that no matter how powerful an idea will become, at birth it can be fragile...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Digital Platforms
Although I’ve blogged daily for nearly two years, I haven’t focused on SEO, I haven’t created an email list, and I haven’t done a newsletter. This has been an intentional choice, since the principle purpose of my blog was to strengthen a daily habit of writing. But as...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Stress, Writing
I started a new, significant writing project on Oct 1st. And now? I have “nerves.” Not quite the first day of medical school nerves—and not the first day of a 24/hour shift as an intern in a Level I Trauma Center nerves—but nerves all the same. Why? Because I know the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Podcast, Writing
In the recent write-minded podcast episode Craft-minded series: Craft as Shaper of Story, featuring Morgan Talty the cohost, Grant Faulkner, made the following insightful comment: A quilt is a good metaphor for a collection of linked stories…Grant Faulkner Indeed he...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
My favorite post I wrote in September 2022 was Nietzsche’s 12 Qualities of a Scholar. Nietzsche was a master observer of the human condition, and I think he understood the scholars of his time better than they did themselves. Not only that, I think his list applies...
