On Being Writer

Writer is a person who has something to tell the world but offline. He is an introvert in show business. His observations of the outside world stimulate tsunami of thoughts that he arranges systematically in order to convey meaningful message back. He spends lots of time in solitude and he does enjoy it.

There is a story in every creation, destruction or even a minor internal or external change. Story is eternal and survives beyond generations. Creative people such as artists, musicians and writers have skills to encapsulate story in their masterpiece. All the creative outcome e.g. painting, music, novel etc. have story in its souls. Writers are great story tellers.

One who loves reading and spends time reading would one day become writer. Writers are voracious readers. They keep on searching book they ever wanted to read and failing to get one results their first book as a writer.

A thought - fed by observation, research- grows in fertile mind of writer to become a story. Research on the topic is necessary to be done before presenting the story to the world be it fiction or non-fiction. It must be supported with factual analysis and data, if it a non-fiction and it must make sense and should be logical, if it is fiction.

To be a writer is round the clock job. A writer’s mind keeps on working even when he is not writing. Most of the writers take notes the moment thought strikes to them. That moment could be in shower, in market or in dreams. Some writers write their dreams down and sometimes one of them results start of a novel.

Professional writers have their office space and they follow a routine to work. This helps them to avoid destruction and write regularly. A writer’s den is also necessary to help him strengthen his imagination. Ability to imagine is like a muscle, the more one uses it the more it strengthens.

Even most successful writers need editors. Writers finish their first draft quickly before thinking of arranging the sentences and grammar. They leave rest to editors.

Writers are self-motivated people. Writers believe in their talent and the only reason they write is because they love to write.

- Amit Roop