Master the Art of War to Become a Successful Writer

Military strategies that make any writing piece phenomenal

Edneil Jocusol
10 min readMay 14, 2020

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A martial arts fighter stomping the powder on the ground
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Every time a word comes out of the white space, a battle is won.

Since 6th grade, I’ve been competing for journalism writing contests. When I was in college, I became the first editor-in-chief of our school’s newsletter. I never stopped writing even at work when I landed my first corporate job as an electronics engineer.

For me, writing has been my battle for 16 years now.

And if this is your battle, too, this article is for you.

I may not be the most talked-about writer in the blogosphere as of the moment. But in the course of my writing journey, I have learned how to fight the battle. Everything was made even more apparent to me when I learned about the classic piece called Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Sun Tzu is a Chinese military strategist. His book dating back to the 5th century BC, is Asia’s top military treatise. It deciphers tactics in the aspect of warfare. The book with 13 chapters can be read in under an hour for the average reader.

Being a writer is a tough job. We stitch words together out of thin air to convince, to inform, to entertain, to argue, or to tell a story. The Art of War, on the other…

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Edneil Jocusol
Edneil Jocusol

Written by Edneil Jocusol

I write my observations on society, business/entrepreneurship, and technology/engineering.