Friday, August 10, 2007

once upon a writer

See this is what happens when you start writing for a living

there was a time when i'd crave for opportunities to write

a time when stories would be treated sacrosanct

a time when i'd feel proud and cherish every published work

a time when i knew it, like i knew it, like i knew it

that i was born to write.

Its funny how similar it is to marriage, coz in a way, yeah, i am married
to my work.

But writing aint the same anymore, its like i am this human story churning machine.

writing stories that get murdered in the hands of editors anyway,

stories that probably have little consequence to the lives that we live

and stories, that in no way even comes close to changing the world.

But I continue to write......

Because that's the only thing i know i can do, and can do well

coz one step at a time, i probably can change the world

and no matter what, if i am true to myself, whatever i write, that
truth will reflect in my story.

and the judge of that my dear reader is you.

6 comments:

Alistair D'souza said...

keep your hobbies diff from your work.... even if both are writing.... don't let the demands of one affect the other....

Anonymous said...

u write very well...........
the editors maybe be trimming ur articles now but that wont last for long
keep writing n keep bloging
write from ur heart...........

Anonymous said...

u write very well...........
the editors maybe be trimming ur articles now but that wont last for long
keep writing n keep bloging
write from ur heart...........

Cosmos said...

I agree with Alis.. Though your work and hobby are same but the results of both writings are completly different. I am also in the same condition somehow..
And onemore thing I know that you cant just writing, you can do much more :)

Ree said...

write write write...dats all i thot i cud to best...and i was told-ohh, well, ur getting there, maybe...some ppl have it all, ur not one of them...
i thot of the master...i thot of ping...i thot of all the writing they had poured into me and decided that i cant let it flow like this, like waste water in a river gone bad...
write i will, but henceforth for myself.
alice's way works too...but some ways have to go the winding long path...usually more scenic!

Pavitra said...

You will someday...and I won't be surprised.