Give Me One Word and I Will Give You This World

In studying thousands of writing styles, old and new, I’ve been amazed at how many of the most memorable depend on parallelism (with variation) to work their magic.

I always seek the formula of how to write, when I read sentences from all the writers out there that could intrigue my mind.

Like I was thinking how the writer put every word beautifully? I am not exaggerating, they just use words to touch the human soul. When they can touch the human soul, they can change this world.

I met two types of writers: The Traveler and The Wanderer.

The Traveler wants to translate reality by their own senses. Inform the reader of every aspect of reality that we live in. For examples, How The World Works by Noam Chomsky, The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria, or The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, and so on.

Meanwhile, The Wanderer not only writes reality, but also wants to tweak the reality into their intentions. They use their own theatre of mind and the ability to influence the reader that we can live in another world. He insists that another world is possible (like the jargon of the World Socialist Forum). For examples, Tetralogi Buru by Pramoedya Ananta Toer or Cantik Itu Luka by Eka Kurniawan.

The two types of them affect me to understand how to deliver our thoughts with words.

But I was also amazed by song writers that could combine words and melody. This one is brilliant too. I recently heard BTS and I was “Wow, this is so cool. The lyrics just spot on”. When it translates to English, it turns out an ear-catchy and deep song about life. Do I sound like an Army? Haha. But kudos to BTS.

Anyway, I realized it was just the form of a word.
I realized that every word has consequences.

Just with one word, you can give this world.

So be careful with words.

31 January 2021 | Reading Chamber | 20.51