'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'.
These days, I am left pondering the truth of this statement at times.
Writing fiction has always been a distant dream for me. Distant because at no point in my life have I possessed a skill for story telling. Its not as if I have never ever written a story; there must be about a dozen manuscripts amid the chaos I call my stuff. Thing is, they all have extremely boring and clichéd and predictable story lines. If presented in a competition, they tend to fall at a place that may range from n to exp^n.
Story reading, on the other hand, has been my *sole* interest in life, for the greater part of it. Story writing, on the other hand, still eludes me.
There has been an idea for a story in my mind for a couple of days, but I have not yet found the time to weave them in a story due the numerous ghams of rozgar. (Hint: reference to the first requirement, as laid down by Woolf).
Why I should write the story down: Some loyal friends might be amused and entertained.
Why I should not: I was simply not meant to be a story teller. Sigh.
'A room of one's own' does seem like a nice find. I shall read it at first opportunity,as soon as that arrives.
P.S. It seems an unexpectedly awesome find, for I do not count myself a fan of Virginia Woolf or/and To the Lighthouse, her only work I have read so far.
'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction', we need to discuss this :P
ReplyDeleteWe do. At a crowded place, at the top of our voices:P
DeleteIt was an awesome essay.
In order to write fiction you need to enhance your imagination skills. Try to imagine different real time scenarios, and let your characters deal with them. Trust me, when you are able to imagine deeply, you feel like you are reading a story instead of writing it. Events of the story come to you automatically.
ReplyDeleteWell I'll consider your advice but the thing does not come naturally to me.
DeleteOk I have a plan. I am reconsidering your offer back from 3rd semester. Let us now write a story together.
ReplyDeleteبڑی دیر کی مہرباں آتے آتے :D
DeleteOkay, let me think about it.
many, many thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment all those months ago, (July 2011) apologies, I have returned to Wordpress and am now blogging again, so still catching up... I find fiction is the best for me, as my imagination just lets fly... so I give it a go, and write.. sounds simple eh>?.. But I do wish you all the success in the World.. xPenx
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