Why
I occasionally take to writing…
Because I don’t want to do something that I had better
be doing.
Why I don't always get published…
Why I don't always get published…
One of the downfalls of escapism is contrived prose.
The only acceptance it gets is in the form of consistent rejection.
Why
I occasionally take to writing…
Because it is my flight of fantasy from developing
training that nobody wants to undergo. My favourite lady J K Rowling’s magical
tales, I am told, were chugged out during tube travel drudgery. I believe all
trauma results in either an alter ego or brilliant art and sometimes both.
Why I don't always get published…
Why I don't always get published…
Love does not always fructify into marriage and all fantastical
writing does not make for art or get published.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because writing could potentially justify my guilty addiction of browsing books and authors bang in the middle of work. All the books I read stoke the money-churning, prolific writer in me, a problem anyone? (Every sin has a redeeming productivity, unknown proverb.)
Because writing could potentially justify my guilty addiction of browsing books and authors bang in the middle of work. All the books I read stoke the money-churning, prolific writer in me, a problem anyone? (Every sin has a redeeming productivity, unknown proverb.)
Why I don't always get published…
My sin very obviously does not have any redeeming productivity as per the people I mailed my works to.
My sin very obviously does not have any redeeming productivity as per the people I mailed my works to.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because my dead foster mother, God bless her sweet self, would swell in her grave if she knew I write (professionally). Mother always thought of me as Einstein’s successor, my 36th rank (second or third last usually) in class notwithstanding. Going by her indulgent evaluation of me, she would have equated work-in-progress writer me to an award winning author. Old jungle saying - when in doubt, think of mother for a rejuvenating cocktail of love, wry humour and stupid, silly confidence in yourself.
Why I don't always get published…
Some mothers can be publishers but all publishers cannot be your mother.
Because my dead foster mother, God bless her sweet self, would swell in her grave if she knew I write (professionally). Mother always thought of me as Einstein’s successor, my 36th rank (second or third last usually) in class notwithstanding. Going by her indulgent evaluation of me, she would have equated work-in-progress writer me to an award winning author. Old jungle saying - when in doubt, think of mother for a rejuvenating cocktail of love, wry humour and stupid, silly confidence in yourself.
Why I don't always get published…
Some mothers can be publishers but all publishers cannot be your mother.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because non-stop reading brings an automaticity to articulation. The ideas and the words simply flow. Just like you tend to speak a language better when you listen to it all the time.
Why I don't always get published…
But with writing, the journey from mind to word doc does not always a happy destination make. Somewhere between filling a glass of water lost in the wonderful tapestry of my thoughts and typing them out, there is paralysis. Akin to the sneeze that wasn’t, the ideas and words that burgeoned just a second ago, simply weren’t.
Because non-stop reading brings an automaticity to articulation. The ideas and the words simply flow. Just like you tend to speak a language better when you listen to it all the time.
Why I don't always get published…
But with writing, the journey from mind to word doc does not always a happy destination make. Somewhere between filling a glass of water lost in the wonderful tapestry of my thoughts and typing them out, there is paralysis. Akin to the sneeze that wasn’t, the ideas and words that burgeoned just a second ago, simply weren’t.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because the authors I read are so utterly every day- natural-seamless-fascinating that I feel compelled to try and see if I can write like them.
Why I don't always get published…
I started out with writing pure and not trying to be anything. But the faithful friend trashed it as ranty and grating. Friends are your own publishers ever so committed to showing you the mirror.
Because the authors I read are so utterly every day- natural-seamless-fascinating that I feel compelled to try and see if I can write like them.
Why I don't always get published…
I started out with writing pure and not trying to be anything. But the faithful friend trashed it as ranty and grating. Friends are your own publishers ever so committed to showing you the mirror.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because I feel there has to be copy that comes straight from a place of how you feel and not how you think but without sounding maudlin, whiny or preachy.
Why I don't always get published…
Sometimes mid-way or by the end of a writing expedition, I find my outpourings so nauseous that I tuck them away in some unseen folder and get back to work, a little less bright eyed and bushy tailed.
Because I feel there has to be copy that comes straight from a place of how you feel and not how you think but without sounding maudlin, whiny or preachy.
Why I don't always get published…
Sometimes mid-way or by the end of a writing expedition, I find my outpourings so nauseous that I tuck them away in some unseen folder and get back to work, a little less bright eyed and bushy tailed.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because I need to write prose or poem for effect, unfettered by the rules of writing. So what if you are ungrammarly? You don’t think or feel in a grammarly way, do you? I feel words or phrases that sound like you feel have to be used.
Why I don't always get published…
What starts out feeling unorthodox, true and free in the end disgusts me as conceited, strident and tacky. If I felt that way, what are the chances a publisher won’t puke all over my writing? (I marvel at how easily any body of work is inherently built for negative reviews. Good ones that just gob smack everyone and their neighbour are so rare. Simultaneously, I have a crushing epiphany as to why Beethovens and Vincis come once in a way and hopefuls like me crop up every single day! But I am not giving up. Great things take time.)
Because I need to write prose or poem for effect, unfettered by the rules of writing. So what if you are ungrammarly? You don’t think or feel in a grammarly way, do you? I feel words or phrases that sound like you feel have to be used.
Why I don't always get published…
What starts out feeling unorthodox, true and free in the end disgusts me as conceited, strident and tacky. If I felt that way, what are the chances a publisher won’t puke all over my writing? (I marvel at how easily any body of work is inherently built for negative reviews. Good ones that just gob smack everyone and their neighbour are so rare. Simultaneously, I have a crushing epiphany as to why Beethovens and Vincis come once in a way and hopefuls like me crop up every single day! But I am not giving up. Great things take time.)
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because writing has to follow the rough-hewn, raw structure of feel without censorious editing to appeal or conform. Never mind if the only light my prose sees is built into my laptop. The catharsis, the purge is worth the type. Freedom is writing without caring for approval.
Why I never get published...
Never mind the speech above, I sent a few of my write-ups when nobody was watching. I even searched lines of my write ups on Google to see if they were illegally used by someone. But Google for once had absolutely zero results! The writing was up on bloody cyber space – nobody wanted my writing even for free.
Because writing has to follow the rough-hewn, raw structure of feel without censorious editing to appeal or conform. Never mind if the only light my prose sees is built into my laptop. The catharsis, the purge is worth the type. Freedom is writing without caring for approval.
Why I never get published...
Never mind the speech above, I sent a few of my write-ups when nobody was watching. I even searched lines of my write ups on Google to see if they were illegally used by someone. But Google for once had absolutely zero results! The writing was up on bloody cyber space – nobody wanted my writing even for free.
Why
I occasionally take to writing...
Because every write makes me a successful writer, albeit in my head only.
Why I never get published...
I have consoled myself saying I am a privileged consumer of good literature. Why write and waste when you can read and taste…
Because every write makes me a successful writer, albeit in my head only.
Why I never get published...
I have consoled myself saying I am a privileged consumer of good literature. Why write and waste when you can read and taste…
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