10 Things You Don’t Know about Us – Writers

Are you a writer? No? Well, good for you. You are spared the agony of being a creator. But, then again you are also spared the ecstasy of writing as well. From the blank surface of a paper comes a world peopled with your imagined friends and enemies. This is the kind of experience writers will call beyond description. Which is true.

But, that is not the problem here. I am going astray on my track. But, then again what else is new right? I have specialized in going astray on my track. See, I am doing that again. Maybe because I am happy. Or, maybe because I am writing too much. Don’t know. Anyways.

So what was I writing? Yeah, 10 things that you don’t know about writers. Yes, I want you all to know a few things about us. Here you go…

1. We Write, We Don’t Type

 Do you know what hits the nerve harder than a Rocky Balboa punch? It’s people talking to us when we are writing. Yes, writing is typing. But, it is more than typing. You get the point? Or, should I take the liberty to explain?

Ok, you have asked for it.

So, when we write, we think. And thinking needs solitude. Space is important. You get my point? Typing does not need thinking. You place a document and copy it. No rocket science here. But, to write one needs to open the heart and bleed on paper. Please next time you see someone writing, don’t wisely mistake the effort for typing.

2. We Brood

Yes, we cannot help it. Our moods go up and down like yo yo. We are happy now. We are sad the next moment. And most disarming fact is we don’t know why. So, don’t keep asking. This does not make the matter better. If anything, we get even more drawn inside our shells.

Of course, I am not talking about all the writers. But, most of us are like this. So, please when you catch a writer brooding, let them burn in their hell for a few days. It will pass too.

3. We Are Jealous of Our Writing Time

Umm…well, so you have a friend who is a writer? Boyfriend? Girlfriend? Writing time is very precious to us. We call it our freedom time. At least I do. This is the time when we get our magic wands out and go creating spells. Our masterpieces. Don’t invade this time. It hurts. It is maddening. Leave us alone when we say we are writing.

4. We Hate to be Asked – Have You Ever Been Published

It is like are you good at fucking. It touches a cord deep down inside. It does not hurt. It irritates. If we are published, we will make it a point to tell you. We will gloat about the accomplishment. So, please don’t ask this question. It solidifies a strong doubt most of the writers are secretly carrying in their hearts.

5. We See You As a Character

Hmm…this might feel like evasion of privacy. But, we cannot help it. If you are interesting enough, we will surely write about you. And we don’t feel guilty for doing it. At least I don’t. I think you should be proud that a writer finds you fascinating enough to write about you. There are too many characters out there who don’t not even get our consideration. They are too boring to write about.

So, even if we don’t read the Miranda Rights to you, know it in your heart that whatever you say or do will be used in a book someday. Sorry folks, some of us are life’s plagiarists.

6. We Read to Learn 

Reading is like salvation for us. It is improving our skills. It is losing ourselves in a land where everything will be sorted out in the end. This is important. So, don’t go – you want time to read, you want time to write, you are selfish. We are. We cannot help.

7. We Have a World of Our Own

And this world is very precious to us. We haven’t created it. We are just born with it. If you are not a writer or a painter, you will not understand this world. Our lost look denotes that we have gone merry riding again and we are creating some wonderful tales. Yes, it is hard to accept sometimes. But, that’s what we are. That’s the we are born. We cannot help it.  

8. We are Proud of Ourselves 

Even if we are struggling, we are proud of our accomplishments. Some of us are born with all the adversities crowding around us. We fight them every day. We live dual lives. We lie to our friends. Just to come back home and write. And with small steps we approach our destinations. This makes us proud. Intellectual arrogance? Maybe. But, not always.

You see every day we struggle to create yet another story with hope that it will make to print. And then we have to swallow the bile of rejection as soon as we send them out. The process breaks us down. It takes self love to survive the continual blows. It takes strong conviction of our ability to hang on. Our arrogance is just our survival strategy.

9. We Dig Non Readers with Effort  

Some outcasts us bookish nerds. They think we are not interesting enough, because we spend time reading. Let me tell you a secret. We find people who are not into books boring too. It’s not that we don’t talk to you. It just that we don’t know what to say to you. So if you find us boring, we find you boring too. If you are making an effort to tolerate us, we are also making an effort to tolerate you. It’s a two way thing.

10. We Don’t Ever Want to Grow Up

Please don’t tell us to. In our childish self is hiding the creator. We observe everything like a child. You know the process of forever learning. People don’t feel comfortable with our never ending jokes. They think we are not serious about life. Might be. Because we think life is not worth being serious about.

So, there you go guys. The writers might agree or disagree with me. You have the right. I have just summed up some of the things I have faced. This is not intended for anyone particular. This is just a general declaration lol. Please don’t take it too seriously. I will be back with some more information later on.