good writers... they're a rare breed...

i've 8 unfinished posts..various topics... saved drafts.. that i need to get done wid n publish... but these random thoughts take up priority to be posted first..i guess.. so i still got more time to work on ma unfinished posts.. :-)

so here i was taking to this one helluva amazingly good writer [ read OHAGW]... on what it takes to become a good writer.... we were actually xchanging these views... n OHAGW had to leave d conversation half way thru ...

after OHAGW left... i was lik thinking what actually makes a writer good.... what makes me go back to a writer for more.... what extra does this good writer give his readers..... am not talking about writers who actually write only on one topic or vertical....
thinking of it generically.. a good writer's writing must make a reader think....

to make d reader who's a layman lyk me.. think.. and stimulate my kinda dumb brain intellectually.... the writer's gotta think... think matured thoughts.... intellectual maturity.. n this comes about with age.... and the kinda company that u maintain.... the ppl around ... and a good writer matures early.. than the others...

a good writer(GW henceforth) has to hav versatility... by saying that i mean.. he's gotta know alleast somethin abt anythin under the sun... and this versatility cannot be achieved by xperience or over tym... it comes again by reading.. reading lots.. reading loads.. reading about various stuff... various topics... understandin n analysing 'em.. So wen ya read lyk 100 times,mayb a 1000..more than wat u write... u achieve tat refinement of thought...

and not to mention d talent 2 write.. that flair.. that inborn somethin which enables one to write n connect wid ppl... to ezplain a one liner over a page n vice-versa.... n not having to search for words to do it..that flow...inborn talent.. that's somethin that comes to a person from ABOVE....!!!!!

so read.. ponder.. understand... analyse... think... connect thoughts wid other stuff... putting it down in simple manner... does d trick ...

n wer was i.. yeah OHAGW.. was tellin me that there's no constructive criticism coming around.... n that theirs truly was not the best writer around among peers...
Buddy.... i dunno wat ur intentions are... if ur writing for passion or for a noble prize... i guess it's d former...at such a young age as that of urs... wid the whole world ahead... u jus gotta understand.. ur competing wid nobody other than ur own self... u jus need to better urself.... each tym.. every time.. that's competetion...if you're able to read whatever u've written.. a 1000 times over.. n enjoy it each time u read it.. get that smile on ur face...n don't get sick of it... ur there...!!!

u've got urself that inborn talent from above.. versatility n maturity s what u've gotta develop... u need some kinda mentoring.. not very sure how exactly to go abt gettin tat... maturity will happen over time... hang on till then.. n to make that happen early is for which u need to mak tat extra effort..

i ain't part of tat crowd which praises u all d way.. but knw wat.. criticism right from d word go.. n ppl tend to show off an attitude towards such criticism.... so u always tell ppl all that's good abt 'em.. before telling them wer they've gotta put in some extra bit of effort.. which areas to work on.. take it frm me.. it works.. try it out..good luck to u.....!!!

i knw OHAGW doesn't have access to my blog and doesn't read it... n some day wen tat happens.. if at all it happens... these are just my views...not wat the world thinks... i can't opinionate on behalf or the world na...

i don't even know if am fit or qualified enuf to talk d above stuff... jus that these thoughts come up n i type 'em down before they pass away... i can't hold on2 thoughts u c...
thoughts come.. thoughts go.... am i d thought ?????? nopseeee..... what am i then... wat r these thoughts.. needs some self retrospection i guess.... :-?

Cheers..!!!!
S