Column | Life Journey
Engineering to Journalism: What Engrossed Me?
I know at least there’s one reader out there who read my articles and got inspired to do something exciting. Words can change the world. It sure did change mine
I think I started writing when I was in sixth grade. I remember jotting down stories in the last pages of my school books. It was also the time when I began to read novels. Those days were just amazing. I didn’t have a phone then and my only source of entertainment were books. As my brothers were avid readers, their habits gradually infected me. I read Harry Potter, a ritual I performed every day religiously. My mind buzzed with wizards and Hogwarts. I also read Dan Brown, one of my favorites. I remember reading Enid Blyton’s mystery series. I even read a big deal of romance.
As I read so many books over the years, I eventually started getting story ideas of my own. They were just a rip-off from the chapters of the books I read. I tried combining and envisaged them if I could come up with a plot. They were terrible. I wasn’t writing, I was just scribbling stories. Another thing that stalled me from becoming a better writer was the fear that I wouldn’t succeed. I feared…
