Writers

Someone asked me today if I'm a writer. I said I write as a hobby

and the conversation moved to other channels, but left my mind

lingering on a thought...

Writers... who are these people? (And I'm not including myself in

this category as yet) yeah,I know the obvious answer: people who

write.

But what exactly is it about their 'writing' that separates them

from other people who 'write'?

they write better? what does one imply when one says 'better'?

Being an english teacher's granddaughter makes T. S. Elliot, O.Henry,

and G.B. Shaw members of your immediate conversational family

and so I recalled all the works I'd read and liked over the years.

Exquisite poetry. Exemplary plays. Extraordinary short stories.

Each piece, each writer had left an image in my mind and

examining these images could help one understand what exactly

makes a writer, A Writer.

They don't merely put pen to paper and utilize ink. They weave

pictures after pictures on paper with the sibilance of the nib. They

don't stay up nights; they burn the mid night oil.

They pick up destitute Thoughts and tend to them, feed them and

transform them into Princes. They drape them in the garments of

the finest words. They structure them with the most precise

sentence formations.

They can make the reader see what they do in their mind's eye.

They liberate emotions from the cage of the heart and give them

the wings to fly free. They sharpen the blade of anger and spark

the fire of passion with the expertise of true wordsmiths.

A thousand soldiers must have died on battlefields, away from the

love of their lives. But only a Writer can make one sob and cry as

if it is one's own who's perished in another needless manifestation

of man's greed.

A million daffodil fields may have blossomed but only a Writer can

take you by the hand through one and leave you with stars in your

eyes and an instant wish to witness this heaven on earth for

yourself.

A countless number of people may have been back stabbed by

their most trusted friends but only a Writer can make you want to

reach for the dagger and bring justice.

And lord alone knows how many people must have fallen in love

and proposed to their partner but only a Writer can gladden your

heart with the joy of loving and of being loved.

The world as it exists already had several layers and dimensions.

But only a Writer can pick you up bodily from all this tangled

mess and transport you to another world altogether...

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

I wonder which one am I?

a great writer once said.......

Write from the soul, not from some notion what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal.

generally i don't follow any rule with what i write..... but still it matters a great deal to me what the person who is reading my work thinks about it!

well its helps to practice your CRAFT... that's what i think of writing as.

Practice, practice, practice writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong.

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.

Writers aren't exactly people.... they're a whole bunch of people trying to be one person.

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.

i know this because when ever i feel depressed or sick of the life i live........ i borrow someone else's for a while.... i cry when it cries... i laugh when it wants me to laugh.

reading numbs me for a while from all other emotions other than those in the book!

i am just an amature writer... i deal with ordinary things.....

but an advice to fellow writers-Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say but what we are unable to say.

And it takes a great deal of talent to write what everyone is thinking but cant write.

In a sense writers are like artist...When I say artist I don’t mean in the narrow sense of the word—but the man who is building things—creating molding the earth—whether it be the plains of the west—or the iron ore of Penn. It’s all a big game of construction—some with a brush—some with a shovel—some choose a pen.

well i work well with brush and pen both. But a senario i paint with pen is better than the ones i try to paint with brush!

I write entirely to find out what i am thinking, what i am looking at,what i see and what it means!

what I want and what I fear!

All in all the only thing relevent for a writer is to be themselves.above all let who you are, what you are,what you belive, shine through every sentence you write,every peice you finish!

so what are you waiting for........ go write.

chop chop!