Why do people write? Two broad reasons are for propagating ideas and for the reader's entertainment. Some times it can be a mix of both but you get the drift. I wish to write too. But my childhood influences of Ayn Rand stick with me and I want to write something that will last forever. I don't want to write something that will be irrelevant 10 years down the line. Or a story that people will read through the night and forget in the morning. I want to write something that will change people's life. But I have no frickkin idea what it will be.I do have a couple of starter ideas. I know it will be mostly philosophy. That the idea is to unite. A dogma which does not intend to segregate. The idea is to create a sign post which people can fall back on in case they loose their way. Noble cause but that is it. Zip! That is where my 'book' ends.
I have no idea how to take it forward. I really don't sit and think about it. Maybe I should give it some serious thought. But the book I want to write might be too great for me. I need to be worthy of such a book before I can write it. Maybe the starting point of the book is my life. Don't get me wrong. Its not an autobiography! (who would read it btw?) I just think that the book writes itself through the writer. And each book chooses its writer. I wonder what book will choose me, if at all.
I have no idea how to take it forward. I really don't sit and think about it. Maybe I should give it some serious thought. But the book I want to write might be too great for me. I need to be worthy of such a book before I can write it. Maybe the starting point of the book is my life. Don't get me wrong. Its not an autobiography! (who would read it btw?) I just think that the book writes itself through the writer. And each book chooses its writer. I wonder what book will choose me, if at all.
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ReplyDeleteGlad you want to again start writing :)
Also, agree with your opinion that the 'book chooses the writer'.. But from my personal experience, I think it's important to be prepared when the idea hits you, which means don't lose touch with the writer within.. Otherwise, you'll one day have the idea, but will be too out-of-practice to give words to it.. And that's a good enough reason to keep writing.. Whether or not your idea is fully developed, keep the words flowing.. Write as much as you can, and with luck a structure will slowly emerge out of the chaos..
Even Ayn Rand didn't write any of her novels in the first go.. She too would have started with some essays, then some short stories, then a few poems, then maybe a small novel which got rejected, before collecting all the feedback and then launching herself towards greatness.. Keep writing, and allow the words to come..
But dude, a practical suggestion - All this after Placements! Trust me, with a job under your belt, you'll feel a lot more liberated while writing..
Hope to see you write a lot more in future, and best of luck!