Day 54 : Writing

"Why do you write?"

I don't know. Writing is a sort of outlet for all of the things that one needs to speak. Everyone has something to say. Most of the time it does not all that groundbreaking or unique, but for the one who is writing it, each sentence that he/she manages to form is a huge accomplishment of its own.

Everyone who writes will tell the same thing. Every time a person opens up his word processor on his computer or sits in front of a blank page on his desk with a pen in his hand, he will for the majority of the time just stare at it thinking where to begin. It is sort of easier when you are in the middle of a story, you look at the past few paragraph get a feel of how the plot's been progressing and get back to that place inside your head where all of this is actually happening and you got it all done, creating a whole new universe out of thin air.

A lot of people keep saying that you are what you write. There is a lot of nascent confession in whatever a person writes. I suppose that is right. Most writers do want to make readers feel like they relate to writer. The writer is not an alien being with long limbs, pale skin and one eye on his forehead. He/she is just as common as you and I are, only that he is spends most of his life indoors cooped up on his sofa binge watching television series and cursing at how good they're written. At the end of each awesome season finale (Breaking Bad!) he enthusiastically pulls out his laptop on the coffee table and starts punching keys away feeling inspired. That last for about six pages. Soon he realizes he has written himself into a corner and doesn't really know where he could take the plot from there.

But as frustrating as it can be, writing is actually a lot of fun; especially when you actually get to complete something worthwhile. It is such a rush. It does get to be a bit exhausting, and you do have to invest a lot into it. But in the end, man does it feel so good!

Writing is one thing I enjoy a lot - creating stories, and people, and plot, and surprises. This week, looks like I will be completing first draft of my very first short story!

:) :) :)