Social Commentary & Essays

Thinking first person POV is lazy writing isn’t wrong – it’s stupid.

October 2021Vincent Triola

When I tormented myself with Facebook fiction writing groups and discussions, POV consistently formed a contentious point in conversations. Assuming preference and need drive the POV choice proved wrong when...

No, you shouldn’t publish on Medium.

August 2021Vincent Triola

A popular social journalism site founded in 2005, Associated Content, Yahoo purchased in 2010, replaced with Yahoo Voices then shut down in 2014. Called a "wasteland of writing" reincarnated from...

If you can’t make people read and believe what you write, you might as well not write.

If people don't believe what you write, you might as well not write.

July 2021Vincent Triola

Whether writing history or science fiction, you deemed the message important enough to pen, highlighting the need to convince readers.

Capitalism's Devaluing of Art & Motherhood

July 2021Vincent Triola

Capitalism’s financial instability is well-known and voiced by many critics for a long time. While leaders adjust monetary policies to achieve economic sustainability, capitalism’s social pollution proves far more difficult...

My Teacher Resentment

July 2021Vincent Triola

Walking home, I saw a sign posted in a yard “Teachers are Heroes. Support teachers.” Stopping a moment in the grind of the long-standing resentment held for teachers, I shook...

Christians, Multilevel Marketing, & Other Fantasies

July 2021Vincent Triola

James Thurber’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tells the tale of the person caught walking through life daydreaming, wishing to be something he is not while escaping a nagging...