An article to be proud of

Bismillah

A friend asked me, "What article in my blog would you say was my best work?"
Frankly I can't answer that question without being biased. I'm her friend after all. I love all her posts (even the most mundane ones).

How to write an article you can be proud of......
You're asking the wrong person. I can't even select my own article that I'd be proud of. Actually I don't even think any of my articles are worth much. Not much to brag about here unfortunately.
Writing stuff on my blog has always been about writing what I like. Or just because I love writing (despite my lacks of skills in writing good mind blowing articles).

I can't write comedy. I can't even write informative pieces. All I ever right is... anything that I want. Different people will view my post differently. However, if I don't find my words impressive, I doubt anyone out there would. There was a time in high school that I wrote a story that even made me impressed with myself. I woke up at 4am fingers itching to write and voila, I made a story. It was exhilarating but it never came again.

TheOatmeal is a cartoonist and a writer that I respect. He has a way with words... very funny most of the time but there's a sense of seriousness in his words (once in a while) that captures your attention. I also like Malcolm Gladwell (i have all his books but only finished reading one. pathetic I know) but I think Muhammad Asad's book 'Road to Mecca' is the most well written book I've ever read. There was a chapter in his book where he was just describing the empty desert and his singing friend and I could clearly picture it. Right there and then, his words touched me and fed my imagination. I'd love to be able to write like that.

For now I'll just stick to writing what I like. Just simply writing (in this case, typing).

Alhamdulillah