I sometimes (jokingly… but actually semi truthfully) tell people that the moment I quit writing is when I read ‘Stories of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang. It is objectively an exceptional piece of writing, not lest because its subject matter is Language itself; however, it impacted me personally in that after I finished reading it I was left with such a feeling of awe that (at least subconsciously) convinced me that I no longer wanted to write anything anymore. When such a masterpiece already exists in the world, what more could I add? I’d never actually wanted to become A...