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By Sahr Ahmed By Sahr Ahmed Style is a critical component when it comes to writing because using the right style tends to grab the audience’s attention. Using various writing strategies, including OREO, AFOREST, PIE BME, and Story Mountain when writing a narrative, descriptive, or persuasive piece will help you develop good stories and structure. In this blog, we will explore and learn the different writing styles, structures, and strategies to apply when writing.  1. Narrative Writing – Telling Stories  Narrative writing is a way of presenting a story in which there are characters, settings, and a plot. Although the narrative might not follow a logical sequence, it is overly structured and follows a build-up to a climax and a resolution. One of the well-known approaches to structuring narrative writing is the Story Mountain, which also facilitates the organization of the events for the sake of further narrative.     Story Mountain Structure:    Beginn...

By Sahr Ahmed Social networks have become an inalienable part of people’s everyday lives with the development of information technology. The advent of Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and many other platforms has led to significant changes in the ways people interact, share, and express themselves. There is also a downside to this constant connectivity, especially to one’s mental health. The time spent on social media platforms when keeping in touch, liking, commenting, and sharing posts leaves much to be discussed regarding its effect on the population’s psychological state and means to receive it with no harm. A Study on Effects of Societal Media on Psychological Health  As we all know, social media has various advantages, including communication with friends and finding new concepts, but it creates several threats to mental health. Here are some of the key ways social media affects mental health:    1. Comparison Culture Comparison is rife in social media as peopl...

By Sahr Ahmed Art is a dynamic and vital part of the current generation, and with the ever-changing technologies in society, art has adopted technology. Technological innovations such as digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and sophisticated software are transforming the creation process for artists, writers, and other creative personalities and opening many new horizons in different fields of creative industries. The combination of technology and creativity has modified conventional art styles; more ideas are possible. Here, we explore how technology, and specifically AI, are changing art, writing, and the concept of creativity in the creative industry, and what this suggests for the future of creativity. The Digital Revolution in Art: Interactive technologies have opened up new possibilities for performance art. From simple graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to 3D design software such as Blender, artists today have a wide range of facilities ...

By Sahr Ahmed Life is full of surprises and occasionally it presents itself like this and you feel as if one is in limbo. But in the middle of all that mayhem, there is an element that can be found—beauty. And that is the beauty of it – the search for beauty in things that we do not consider beautiful; it is about transition,  learning from the difficulties life throws at us, and evolving past them. It is now time to look into several phases of life that open up new possibilities and introduce viewers to the concept of finding beauty in life’s sudden twists.    Embracing Uncertainty   Chaos tends to disrupt comfortable repetitive schedules in which we find ourselves being comfortable and out of our element. This may be rather unsettling at times, but this can be seen as an opportunity as well. Accepting the fact that we cannot control all aspects of life refers to the fact that not everything in life has to be planned. When we stop being so rigid and so stuck in...

  The Psychology Behind Wearing Black By Sahr Ahmed Among the most mysterious and universal shades, black’s popularity in fashion attracts elegance, sophistication, and individuality. However, going beyond the realm of fashion, one needs to remember that there is an element of psychology to wearing black. It is about time that the reasons people are attracted to black clothing are explained beyond the mere realm of fashion; most of the time, these considerations can express the emotions, attitudes, and even the social influences of certain individuals.     In this blog, we will look, at why people prefer wearing black and what the color reveals about a person.     1. Black as a Symbol of Authority Power   Black is a color that has been time and again related to authority as well as power. What can we come up with judges in black robes, policemen in uniforms, businessmen and businesswomen in neat suits? Black is associated with confidence, con...