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I Committed a Crime, and It Improved My Writing by 200%

You’ve got to keep doing this.

Ron Markley
3 min readNov 19, 2024
Photo by 王 术山 on Unsplash

One day, I went to a party and bought a pizza.

Sure, I didn’t want to be that person who only brings Pepperoni.

That’s boring.

So, I brought a Hawaiian with pineapple on it.

The result?

Hawaiian was on fire.

Pepperoni?

Leftovers.

I used to believe people hated pineapple on pizza.

But I’m glad I challenged that belief and did a social experiment.

It’s easy to claim you know everything.

Sure, it sounds smart, but it makes you a fool.

It’s hard to say, “I don’t know,” because it makes you look like a fool.

But admitting you don’t know is the path to wisdom.

When you admit it, you start asking the right questions and experimenting, which leads to true wisdom.

I used to believe most people had watched Star Wars.

I mean, it’s in the top 5 lifetime grossing films, right?

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Ron Markley
Ron Markley

Written by Ron Markley

I'm not a writer, just an ordinary guy who writes. Get free writing tips every Monday. https://writeeasyliveeasy101.substack.com/

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