Life as a reader that made me a writer. SECRET
What the author doesn't knows about books but only readers do.
This Fab February began, and it is the 09th of February. I pondered what I was doing all these days. Working with my business, writing these newsletters; I had not met any targets that I made so far but one thing happens and that is GROWTH. I am not the same person as yesterday. my substack is growing and I want to thrive more as an writer. I usually post 3 newsletters a week as this is my second month. Searching for titles and contents are the most difficult one. The reason why I joined substack is to write, the love to write, arose from the love to read.
I am an young bud who is yet to bloom. I am an amid reader who reads minimum of three books a week. I wanted to share a book that made me write this newsletter. I feel bad when I read these sentences to find so many I in this. I apologise. So now on let us talk about the book that made me a writer.
In a world where billions of explicatory books revolve, it is difficult to choose the one that suits us, yet we impinge to take one and go forward with it.What did I enjoy the most- being a reader or a writer.
READER!
Reading is a way of escapism for me, to run out of things happening around me, to run away from a race that billions run ahead of me, to run in the hands of peace, of all, to run and live as another character, to run to different placed without moving an inch and all to run into the heart of a like-minded person.
That is when I realised a reader exist because there exists another person like you who is the author. This applies especially when you read novels. Reading The Castle by Kafka, I felt the sorrow, it is not the sorrow of reading an unfinished book but the sorrow of reading a book that was unfinished. [ Kafka died before he could finish this book] He was unable to complete the last sentence with a full stop. I lived 18 years of my life being a reader, still I am. I started writing newsletters from this January, but I feel the guilt to say that this is my first serious newsletter I write as a creator. It is this single book that made me feel how unlucky I am if I don’t write so well given a life where I can give full stops to as many sentences as I write.
For four days I thought so well the subject that I needed to write. How bad!! I did not receive one. Now when I sit Infront of this laptop I am grateful that I could write this in one single step. It has only been three years I started to read so seriously. I meet very few people at the library or else I meet couples who come there for privacy. Books are the only true pieces that can make or break your heart. Books made my brain and many women books broke my heart. I am lucky so is you. Words are so powerful. I am also grateful that there are many people who listens to my speech during college, who waits to hear my words, who asks me to participate, who asks me to speak your heart out. Books made me a good speaker and now I write. I am not a profound writer but I try. I can say that this newsletter is far better than the first one. That is where my growth is.
Readers are the next leaders. When I was in 10th, I didn’t know that this quote was true but now after 4 years I can sense the truth. To be a better speaker listen
To be a better writer, read.
I stopped writing the first half two days back and I am continuing. As an author I find it more difficult, once you stop writing, once you take a break, once the flow gets interupted; you cannot write anymore. When it comes to reading there is no such thing the only interuption is the last page of the book when you complete a book. It has been a month I started Substack - the lesson I learned from reading
and is to be honest with your writing. When you are honest enough to say that there are many flaws in your life, people will accept it. There are enough of problems in this world so focus on solutions, on your gut and move forward. Only when you start analysing yourself as a reader you will understand how to be a good writer.It takes practice. I am not the best but I am better than yesterday. That’s it.
Keep going! I am cheering you on and rooting for you every word that may pour from your beautiful heart! Your work will be nothing short of amazing for it is what I recognize as "heart-sourced" born of honesty and vulnerability based in truth. It's what nourishes a readers spirit and feeds their soul!
Tha, I am so honored and humbled that you mentioned me in your column. Thank you for sharing this story. You are a true inspiration. I am so grateful that you came back to finish this piece. Reading three books a week is an amazing accomplishment. Reading does nourish the soul and strengthen the writer within.