I Am A Writer

I am a writer.
I am a writer with neither professional background nor awards tucked under my belt to show off but it doesn’t mean I am a lesser writer.
School may teach you the know-how, the techniques on how to be an effective and efficient writer but writing, it is so vast you cannot learn everything behind those four walls, no, school, cannot teach you everything. There’s gotta be a little something, something unexplainable, something different, an undefinable force  that separates you against the crowd, something that only you can make.

I am a writer.
I am a writer and yes sometimes I feel doubtful, of me, of my talent, can I really do this? Do I have it in me to write something worth reading? I won’t lie, sometimes I feel jealous, of other’s works, I mean how could they think of such lines? How could they move the readers with those words, how could they write as if writing to them is same as breathing, it comes natural for them. What do they have, that I do not have?
But you know what?
You have it in you, all the right tricks up under your sleeves, the right formula only you can make because everyone has their own unique style of writing.
Everyone has their own unique voice in writing. It cannot be taken away from you for it is only for you, solely yours, you can call it your own.

Still haven’t found it yet? Your own unique voice? Fret not, for someday it’ll come to you like a thief in the night, the least you expect it. Practice does not makes it perfect because nobody is perfect but doing it over and over again shows some improvement right?

I am a writer with nothing much of experience, many things I still not know about, far too many things I haven’t seen yet, too many places I still haven’t gone into just few heartbreaks I still remember from time to time, few ups and downs here and there added by some imagination for it has no limit, right?
But that doesn’t mean I cannot write with depth. You want depth? How about I start digging up your own grave as deeply as I can? You should know that was supposed to be a joke, right?

I am a writer with too many faulty lines others might have called it utter nonsense and even bullshit but who are they anyway? And why should their opinion matters to me? With too many errors and  vocabulary restrictions, you name it all but that wouldn’t stop me and I wouldn’t let it be a barrier for me to stop writing because who am I without these words? Who am I without writing? A no one. It’s like the air that I breathe, I cannot live without it. It is my downfall at the same time my saving grace for without it I cannot survive.

I am a writer
Say it like you mean it
And let this day be the day
With nothing else but
You, your pen and that piece of paper.
Or in reality, you, your phone and this platform
Whichever you prefer.

Cheers to us all, writers who’s still here, writing.

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Still on break, you can call this a cheat day, it's just that I can't shake off this nagging feeling of wanting to write this down.
This is for you, to all who's been doubting themselves if this is really for them, If it is for you. Dumbass, (sorry) this is for you don't let others say otherwise. Why should you let other people define you? Writing is for you as long as you believe in yourself, as long as you still love doing it, as long as you are still here, writing.

Go out there and write to your heart's content, write like there's no tomorrow. Whatever.
Just write.

Ciao.