This article won't be very long, but I want to share a writing method I use.

This inspiration came from a cross-genre book club discussion on 3/15, where during group discussion everyone was curious about my writing approach.

Let me share some data: I can write a well-structured, logical thousand-word article in 15 minutes, which surprises many people, but for me it's become routine. When I carefully analyze this, one key factor stands out: turning "nouns" and "adjectives" into scenes. In practice, two words expand into twenty words.

For example

Many people write very bluntly when composing articles or expressing emotions, saying things like "I'm very sad" or "I'm heartbroken." But there are many ways to express emotions, and your sadness is definitely different from your reader's sadness. Everyone interprets heartbreak in completely different ways. So to make readers feel your sorrow, you must abandon the words "sad," and instead use a "situational description method" to sketch out your feelings.

For instance, there was a year when I was very discouraged at work. Here's how I described my sadness (as a note, that job had evening hours):

"Every morning when I opened my eyes, I would cry continuously until it was time to go to work, when I finally gathered enough strength to wash my face, brush my teeth, and put myself together before going into the office, waiting for eight hours to pass so I could go home."

That passage has 60 characters. I took the simple word "sad" and stretched it into 60 characters. This is my very ordinary and plain technique—there's no secret trick, just honestly presenting the situations I've actually experienced.

Many people get stuck at this point, perhaps because they don't know how to present their state of mind, want to hide their true self, or don't dare reveal their deepest layer. But often what touches people's hearts most is when you openly and genuinely reveal yourself—that's when people are moved by your sincerity.

Here's another example

When I once wanted to express how "happy" I was the day I got my data results during graduate school, here's how I described it:

"During the time I was writing my thesis, I would arrive at the research lab at eight every morning and run data until ten at night. But every time I ran the data, it showed insignificant results. Until one morning, not long after arriving at the lab, I opened my computer to run the statistics, and all the data came back significant. The moment I saw those statistical results, I silently shed two lines of tears…"

This passage is 108 characters total, and it took me less than 30 seconds to write it. I believe anyone with a similar experience would absolutely understand just how happy and thrilled you felt in that situation. So you don't need to state your feelings very directly. Instead, leave space for readers to imagine—then they'll apply it to their own situation and resonate with your details. (This comes from the concept of "the death of the author")

From when I started writing the title until this point in the article, I've written over 890 characters in just 10 minutes. The article makes just one point: the situational description writing method, with two examples—one about sadness and one about happiness.

Now that you've read this far, you've already gone past 900 characters. I'm not sure if this will help, but for friends who want to write moving articles, my deepest suggestion is to observe the details in your daily life and express them in the most casual, most everyday way. People will naturally feel a connection. Don't show off your writing style—unless you're a literary writer or novelist. In this era of internet writing, what everyone wants to read is content about understanding and being understood.

Writing articles isn't difficult. If you treat it as recording your life story and don't chase grand gestures, your audience will naturally gravitate toward you someday.

Start writing!

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