Taylor and Francis, Oxfordshire, UK

The following is my upcoming book on nonfiction: Correcting Myopia

Although this book is about the outcome of my research to correct a global epidemic, I still applied fictional techniques, mainly narration.

Narration helps to highlight certain difficulties experienced during the different stages of the research. One of the major hurdles was how greed and bias hindered my progress during the pre-preparation stage, the preparation stage, the innovation stage, and even during the presentation stage.

It is an example of the Galileo effect. Galileo faced that problem when he tried to convince the church of his findings—that the earth revolved around the sun. The Church, however, believed that the earth did not move; it was the center of the universe. The difficulty he faced was not about proving that his research procedures were valid. Rather, it was about convincing the authorities that it was valid.

I also made use of case examples. They are like character sketches. Instead of developing the characters, I am developing the case. The subjects in these cases are important. They highlight the specific argument that I am making.