# A Classicist Recommends Homer and Shares Writing Advice

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2108448021021122615
- Source account: [@ArndPollmann](https://x.com/ArndPollmann)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:31
- Published: 2026-10-10
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice) What is the best book you read that came out this year?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=3) That's hard to answer. I don't really read books that come out this year.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=6) I read old books because I'm a classicist, so mostly the books I read are published in 500 BC.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=15) Do you have one that you would recommend for us?

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=18) Homer. I always say Homer. What is the best writing advice you've ever received?

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=22) I've never received any. I don't ask, frankly.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=26) Have you given any advice that you think is valuable?

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1GMo5m2Cz7De/en/a-classicist-recommends-homer-and-shares-writing-advice?t=29) Start in the middle.