When I was writing my first book, I thought of it as a mountain I had to climb. Or a hurdle to jump. I imagined it as a test: scary, stressful, threatening failure with each page I drafted.

Later, I realised he was writing in the opposite direction, which could be read in the mirror. He continued it and soon mastered the technique of reverse writing.'''' After two years of practice ...

Journalism students who master it and then go on to other fields say it comes in handy for writing everything from legal briefs to grant applications. The inverted pyramid and summary lead can be ...