All About Writing!

It did not happen that one fine morning I woke up and decided that I should start a blog. But, on the contrary, one fine morning it was my best friend who woke up and decided that her best friend should publish writeups online. When she excitedly told me about her dream of a "blogger bestie", I, being laziness personified, came up with all the possible excuses hoping that she would spare me from this task. I even told her that if people did not like what I wrote, they will thrash me with words in the comment box. But she dismissed all my tactics by just saying that with time I’ll get used to such rude comments and that it will fuel up the creative instinct of my writer self. She even told me that if I had trouble deciding what my first writeup should be on, then I can simply scribble my experience of writing my maiden writeup.

The next thing I did was simply run for help. My messages literally screamed for help and rushed to the inboxes of a handful of "my people." I thought at least one of them would understand my state of mind, but all they did was make me realize that I had no scope to escape. Finally, I decided to face the heat.

Later, on introspection, I did realize that somewhere within, a part of myself wanted to converse with the world. To scribble out first and then to know how many others reflect the same vibe. Or maybe, I would come across so convincing an opinion that my perspective gets totally altered. Words flowing freely has the power to touch the heart of a total stranger. When someone randomly reads your writeups and then exclaims that their feelings have been put into words by a person from some other part of the world, totally oblivious of your existence, then that moment marks the beginning of an unknown connection rooted with a sense of belonging.

Apart from reaching out to the world, writing in a way is regaining your voice. When you write about a certain topic, you come into terms with yourself on your knowledge, attitude and perspective about it. Thus, a process of rediscovering of self happens.

Writing is hence meditation, where you indulge in a conversation with your innerself. Writing is music when your words reflect the feelings of a total stranger. Writing is a silent commitment, an act of being responsible and sincere to yourself and the world. Moreover, writing is an art, the most liberal one I would say, for all it takes you to write is your knowledge of a language and a little bit of lessons learnt from life.

So, gathering all the bits of knowledge and experience I could so far earn in life, along with lots of encouragement and love from a bunch of wonderful people, I begin my journey - the journey towards the evolution of a writer!