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Aug 24, 2022

5 Harsh Truths About Screenwriting

How to know what you’re getting into How do we know stuff about professions? How can we understand what’s it like to be a lawyer, an engineer, a writer before we get ourselves into it? Well, we have our role models in parents. And their friends. And our friends’ parents. But it’s a close circle. I’m from…

Screenwriting

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5 Harsh Truths About Screenwriting
5 Harsh Truths About Screenwriting
Screenwriting

10 min read


Jun 21, 2022

You’ve Got The Power

They tell me “you’ve got the power”. No, I don’t. I’m here so you can give me the power I need. “No, you’ve got the power.” But I don’t feel it. “You’ve got the power.” Where is it, then? I feel like you’re giving me a New-Age-mantra “you’re so strong…

Self Love

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You’ve Got The Power
You’ve Got The Power
Self Love

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Jun 8, 2021

The grand stand-off

There is a age-old tradition in Russia to separate the state and the people. It’s not like the people actively oppose the system, but they do not identify with it. That was how the Russian Empire operated, which is how the Russian Federation is running things right now. Briefly, we…

Politics

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The grand stand-off
The grand stand-off
Politics

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Aug 11, 2020

What They Do Not Tell You About Upwork

Bright and shiny image of freelance the dream has never been closer I’ve been there. You open a website and there is a bad and lazy article on the first page. Stupid and obvious, watery and empty. What? That guy (or girl) got paid for this crap? Outrageous! Or you open a magazine and read an…

Freelancing

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What They Do Not Tell You About Upwork
What They Do Not Tell You About Upwork
Freelancing

7 min read


Dec 8, 2019

Infogarbage and The Riddle Of The Internet

Results of the “World Wide Web” project: Easy access to the treasury of human thought - CHECK! Opportunities for unlimited cooperation - CHECK! Almost instantaneous speed of dissemination of information - CHECK! A rational society, a revolution of cooperation, education, culture, science, politics, freedom from prejudice, totalitarian oppression, tyranny, cruelty…

Storytelling

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Infogarbage and The Riddle Of The Internet
Infogarbage and The Riddle Of The Internet
Storytelling

9 min read


Aug 23, 2019

F-student Gets Honors Degree

When I was in 9th grade (the Russian school system has 11 grades, though for some secret reason we sometimes omit the 4th one), a new math teacher came along. After the first ‘F’ for the test, I was not afraid: that has happened before. After the second one, I…

Life Lessons

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F-student Gets Honours Degree
F-student Gets Honours Degree
Life Lessons

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Aug 19, 2019

Today I’ve seen the terrible

Today I’ve seen the terrible. I’ve seen how pain was inflicted in the name of good, under the guise of virtue and good intentions, even out of a sense of responsibility and duty. My wife and I sat in a cafe and became accidental witnesses of the micro-drama that was…

Short Story

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Today I saw the terrible
Today I saw the terrible
Short Story

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Aug 4, 2019

Amazing!

They. Are. Amazing. These authors and speakers, thinkers, and coaches… They have so much to teach us, so much to share, and so many wonderful, amazing ideas. But keep in your admiring and astonished mind that being amazing is their job. I’m not saying that in a diminishing way, meaning…

Writing

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Amazing!
Amazing!
Writing

4 min read

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