by Matthew Rehrl MD | Reading, Writing
Although I haven’t read Garner’s Modern American Usage from cover to cover, I do occasionally refer to it when writing, and I often just flip through it for pleasure. I especially like to periodically reread the essay* in the preface section, Making Peace in the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Writing, YouTube
For on one side lay Scylla and on the other divine Charybdis terribly sucked down the saltwater of the sea. Verily whenever she belched it forth, like a cauldron on a great fire she would seethe and bubble in utter turmoil, and high overhead the spray would fall on...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
At a recent writer’s conference, the agent Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management) asked us to consider what punctuation mark best represents our main character. My main character, a mathematician, strives to sees everything in a very concise way. She is a period....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Physician Career, Writing
A significant career change requires two elements: letting go of the old and adopting the new. The first time I did this was when I went from engineer to physician at the age of 28. Even then, with the help of a “change architecture”—my medical school—it took a solid...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Reading, Writing
In my blog post Considering How I Read to Help Inform How I Write, I mentioned that I use my Kindle for light, fun reading—usually novels, and usually at odd hours in the middle of the night. ( The Kindle in dark mode is perfect for reading in bed at 2 a.m. without...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I don’t believe writers can schedule creative—at least I certainly can’t. But I do believe they can create an air-tight system of idea capture, and then they can schedule time in front of their keyboard to develop one of those ideas. In fact, I’d say it’s...
