Writing about writing is not easy. You need to write for a long time to gather some knowledge about the craft. But the initial question is why people write on the first place? Why do you write? Is it the lure of fame or lucre that keeps you jotting words after words down on paper? Do you want to work on your own selected time and writing seemed like an easy way out? Do you write because you like to call yourself a writer? Have you ever tried to find out the answer to the question – why do you write?
Writing is not easy. You know it, if you have done it. Painting pictures with words takes time and effort. People spend years working without earning a single dime. They hide their work in secret places so that others cannot see it. Yet, they go on writing. Rejection slips mount over the table. But the writing session continues.
Why endure so much trouble? Why not just give it up and take some other mode of profession – like being an accountant. True, you will spend days staring at numbers. At least, you won’t face rejections and humiliations being an accountant. No one will criticize you either. Your world will be totally safe. The best thing is you will bring home a stable salary, every month.
Love drives people to tolerate the torment of uncertainty. Love makes people continue writing, knowing that no one will read the piece of work. Working without getting paid or without recognition requires undying passion, or, maybe a demon forcing you to do it.
Without love or the demon behind you, it is not possible to carry on with this type of torture. You need to feel that strong pull towards your writing space. This heave should be firm enough to keep you there for at least one hour everyday. Only the want of money or fame will not do the trick buddy. True, you need to have a goal. There must be a summit which you want to reach. Without knowing where you want to go, how will you find the right path? But, deep down within there should be the eternal love. This will pull you through when you are standing in the middle of a field and hail storm gets hold of you.
If you love enough, you will go down over the ground and wait for the storm to cease. And when it does, you will pull yourself up on your feet, brush the dirt off and begin walking again.
Ask yourself, dig deeper and find the answer before taking the first step. You may not have the opportunity to return unscathed.
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