Write. Read. Right ?
(taken from my personal blog, written on 27 August 2013)
In order to write something worth reading, one needs to read. I think. I’m assuming actually. I think I might have read this or heard this somewhere. That to become a writer; one first needs to be a reader. In order to write something of value, of essence, one needs to read to broaden their mind or horizon or whatever it is that will make one a better writer.
I used to love to read. If I remember correctly, I was quite young and I used to go to the library often. I used to take, I think the limit was four books and I used to read those four books within a week. I used to go back at the end of the week and continue with my quest for reading. I don’t remember much of what I used to read and I don’t know when it all stopped.
But now I cannot make it through a book. Granted I finally finished reading a good book (review of that to come) but there were parts that I did just skip over; parts where they describe things in detail.
Even with articles, I feel the need to just skip over the “boring bits” but what if those aren't “boring bits”? Is it just me being lazy ? I have started reading again – not like I used to of course, but perhaps one day and I’m sure the skipping over some parts will fade away but is that why I cannot seem to write anymore ? Because I haven’t read enough ?
I read a few of my friends, acquaintances work. Even their Facebook statuses seem like a “writer’s status”. Flowering words that just need to be read by others, sentences that need to be seen. I see them effortlessly writing narratives, describing mundane things, writing books and articles that are being published. I know that those are readers – or am I just assuming ?
Looking at their work, I feel that I’m not good enough. But I still love writing. I will write anything. Even if it is To-Do Lists, Tasks, just writing out things to list them, Itineraries… I just want to write. If it is worth reading? That, I do not know.
"That’s the thing with dreams. They come in all shapes and sizes, but they’re all equally important. We often choose to discard our dreams because we’re fearful to travel on uncharted roads just because others say it’s impossible." Christian Mihai
