Monday, June 16, 2008

Cheers to a new beginning!!!

Though I wrote good compositions in school, I never was interested in writing. I focused more on reading academic books and did a good job in elocutions and debates. You might wonder as to how I got good grades? I used to always learn by heart. I know that’s the worst way of learning but then I was taught that way so couldn’t help much. I always was fascinated by news readers when I was young, so I always read my academic books aloud to ape them. I am good at reading and even my vocabulary is good but then I never put them into writing, so that’s where my “Achilles heel” lies.

I have friends who churn out excellent articles and I am in a way jealous too. I too want to be like them. I got a familiarity feeling whenever I looked at the vocabulary used by my friends in their writings. It is as if things look closer than they appear. Whenever I tried to write I was always discouraged by my friends and family members saying that at my age one should write crisp articles .But then there had to be a beginning and it became the end to all my writing stints. I was very much hurt and felt ashamed to even show them what I wrote. Writing one good article would take me hours. I even tried to maintain a personal diary. One day my brother got hold of it and read all its contents aloud. I was so embarrassed that I immediately stopped writing. I even wrote poems but never got inspiration or encouragement. I really wanted somebody who could boost up my spirits so that I could write better. This went on for many years and now I feel as if I have forgotten to write. This made me accept the fact that I am a bad writer and writing is not my cup of tea.

Whenever someone asked me to write I always got intimidated. Whenever I tried to showcase my writing skills my friends’ discouraged saying writing was not my cup of tea. But I believe that writing is the best way to communicate. It is more concrete and sometimes it is the only mode of communication. I always worked hard to be on a platform shared by my peers and wouldn’t want to stay behind just because I can’t write properly. I won’t be disheartened if you laugh at my blog entry. I would appreciate if you leave your comments and advices. After all, I am a human being and I tend to make mistakes. I believe Failure as the stepping stone of success, so please help me out so that I can also be a successful writer like you all and weave out wonderful articles.

9 comments:

Sneha said...
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Sneha said...

Great Beginning! Though I feel I've read your work before! Hmmm......wonder why that is!

Awaiting your next entry!

ripul said...

Find an inspiration to write regularly. It will keep you motivated and will help your writing skills. Looking forward to great blogs each day!

Unknown said...

Its a great start Mini... you just got to start off.... which you did and wonderful job ,just be confident on whatever you do, No looking back ....Keep reading and writing and attract more and more readers...
Spell your charm!!

Raphra said...

Every journey begins with the first step. And this first step is the most important one.

ALL THE BEST for your "writing" journey

Unknown said...

...as candid as it can get...
good one...really!
now i want to see some lighthearted stuff...

good luck for your endeavors...

and and and convey my hello to ur FRIENDS..they have been amazing :D

Unknown said...

CHEERS!

Unknown said...

Good beginning mini.


All the best and waiting for ur next post.......

koolswaroop said...

Hey Mini its really a nice beginning. I read the articles written by you. I really appreciate you writting skills.