I thought that writing was a one-time activity. You take your pen and scribble those words on paper or type them into your laptop. Looks very natural process. But my PhD writing experience dismantled that feeling.
Writing is not a natural process when you do it for a purpose: You need to master the time and space of your writing sense. It requires you to discipline your old habits of procastination, and keep deadlines in mind. YOU JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT TO START WRITING LIKE YOU WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE (only in some cases). One of my professors told me 'You write write write.....write.....that's how you learn how to write.'
How did I write in the earlier phases of my academic life?
I thought I am a natural writer, and kept on writing many poems and stories. It was when I was a child. Things did not change when I grew older. Sometime, I got inspired by some movies where the protaginist gets struck by love and write a poem that define the movie itself. I used to re-enact the role of the protagonist in the belief that I would satisfy someone's imagination and I would be writer someday. The aim was to get 'recognised'. However, it was not the best thing to do although I got some initial success. I irritated one of my professors with my silly writings and poems. Finally, he said one thing aloud: 'Every writer has hisown voice. You should find yours'.
It was a big blow to me and I stopped writing for a long time.
Writing is not a natural process when you do it for a purpose: You need to master the time and space of your writing sense. It requires you to discipline your old habits of procastination, and keep deadlines in mind. YOU JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT TO START WRITING LIKE YOU WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE (only in some cases). One of my professors told me 'You write write write.....write.....that's how you learn how to write.'
How did I write in the earlier phases of my academic life?
I thought I am a natural writer, and kept on writing many poems and stories. It was when I was a child. Things did not change when I grew older. Sometime, I got inspired by some movies where the protaginist gets struck by love and write a poem that define the movie itself. I used to re-enact the role of the protagonist in the belief that I would satisfy someone's imagination and I would be writer someday. The aim was to get 'recognised'. However, it was not the best thing to do although I got some initial success. I irritated one of my professors with my silly writings and poems. Finally, he said one thing aloud: 'Every writer has hisown voice. You should find yours'.
It was a big blow to me and I stopped writing for a long time.
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