My journey as a writer- in brief

Readers are silent thinkers — t

Currently, I have a letter associated with me and even you can call me ‘t’. It already feels heavenly. This kind of happiness is pleasant to me. Before I collect my thoughts to write this blog, I want to thank you already for being my silent reader and my brownie listener.

Starting things pacific and honest, here are my five favourite qualities that defined me as a child, before I picked up my pen:

1. Simplicity lover
2. Creative head
3. Vocal about things
4. Bold enough
5. The torchbearer of truth

But, as I plodded ahead with time, some of these qualities got enhanced and some remained untouched. Later on, when I discovered myself more as the clock unfolded with later life experiences, things got more clear. I learned a lot from my own experiences both good and bad.

Change has always been a constant to me.

Then one day, I decided to pick up my pen. That was the first day of my writing and I wrote a simple two-liner quote in my notebook. The first quote was noted as: “Holding something is a myth, a tree never holds its fallen leaves”. That day I did not write it for my happiness being a writer, but as a satisfactory person who just, without any hesitation penned the words of the heart.

Then after there were three things I realised that day:

1. Your writing will satisfy your soul
2. Your words will always be eternal
3. Your words are a valid document in the name of proof

But, then there came a few hurdles in my journey. For example, there were days I wasn’t even confident about my grammatical errors, and the solution for that was I soon realised the element of first things first. I then focused on my writing part as I didn’t want to lose my imaginative thought in its nascent stage, there itself in my mind.

Here’s are a list of ten must-have takeaways for you to keep in mind:

1. Just write, write and write.

2. Pay attention to your little thoughts. They are important.

3. Be consistent in your writing.

4. Don’t stress about the end result.

5. Start with small write-ups first.

6. Organise your thoughts in a notebook/document.

7. Don’t write to impress, write to express.

8. Satisfaction is a must.

9. It’s okay not to remember all your write-ups as far as you have noted them.

10. Don’t hesitate to write on topics just because they are too ordinary.

I have had these following by myself. Things were difficult and ambiguous in the beginning but they will all settle as you go ahead with time. Someone said it clearly and I remember this basic quote from John Wooden today, quoted as: “Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn’t expect good things to happen overnight.”

On these days of the calendar, I am exploring chapters being a reader and explorer. As I continue doing this, one last piece of cotton-candy advice I would stick here, which was passed on to me by my dear one is:

“Whatever you do, no matter what, don’t quit, as in life, quitting is not allowed”.