Write Only When Inspired
I write little. Weeks go by without scribbling a single word. You know - I am done with making notes and preparing the structures for my next stories or book, I am all excited about them, I believe in them and am almost in the can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-on-the-page mode - I do not need further motivations or reasons to write; so I should really be writing pages and pages on a word processor, but I am not. I write little. A paragraph sometimes. Mostly, I have observed, there is a release o...
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Mar 27, 2015 10:44PM
Hi Mohit, I enjoyed reading this blog entry. You said many things worth considering and reflecting upon, especially questioning one's motivation for writing. For me writing is a process of exploration and learning, and I have no expectations that it is/could be perfect. Just an honest attempt at something at least ambitious enough to fail. You made me think of D.H. Lawrence who I both loved and hated as I read him, because he shared everything as he moved through his life, the good, bad and ugly. Sometimes he wrote like a sublime angel. Sometimes like an argumentative, daft old man. If he didn't like what he wrote, he'd start again, write it all over without referring to the first attempt. I have never experienced such intimacy with another writer because I was allowed to witness him in the best and worst of times, a flawed, passionate human being who struggled for authenticity among fakers. Thank you for reminding me of what it is to be a writer.
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Lorena wrote: "Hi Mohit, I enjoyed reading this blog entry. You said many things worth considering and reflecting upon, especially questioning one's motivation for writing. For me writing is a process of explorat..."Thank you for that lovely response, Lorena. I do believe that the struggle for authenticity is at the heart of writing, for writing is a way of life.
Looking forward to more interaction with you.
P.S. Bergmans' The Seventh Seal is one of my favorite movies too, and made a huge impression on me.
