As a kid I was always quiet. Not shy, like many people thought, but just plain quiet. I remember just sitting down and observing everyone around me. That's all I did- observe people, note how they behaved in circumstances and how they showed happiness and sadness.
I wouldn't say I became an expert in human behavior, but I do have a possibly limited understanding of how people think in particular circumstances.
Anyway, coming back to the topic, since I was always quiet, when I finally did speak I found that I wasn't very good at expressing myself. I wanted to say my part in a conversation as quickly as possible so that I could get to listening, which meant that I could never really fully explain what I was trying to say.
So I turned to writing. It opened a whole different world for me when I wrote my first horror short story. I realized I did have something and I did have potential. After college graduation I finally decided to take up writing even though I had absolutely no background or education in Arts or Fine Arts.
I wrote because I could finally say what I wanted to say even though it was through my characters and I also chose writing because I had something to say and had opinions, but I couldn't say them myself.
As I pursued writing, I started to discover how much patience and persistence it required along with loads of hard work. I had imagined completing stories in a day only to find out that it took three hours just to write half a chapter. There was so much planning and research to do.
Writing isn't easy as some people think. It requires every creative fiber in the body to produce something that is absolutely amazing to me. Writing and conceptualizing cannot be done in a noisy environment or at a particular time. It just comes to you like a bolt out of nowhere and all you can do is just reach out for a piece of paper or a cell phone to write it down. It is that powerful.
Through this, I also found how important it is to learn something new. Inspiration can after all come from anywhere. So with great determination I've decided to learn something new everyday. Currently learning the Italian language and reading the news. So let's see....
I wouldn't say I became an expert in human behavior, but I do have a possibly limited understanding of how people think in particular circumstances.
Anyway, coming back to the topic, since I was always quiet, when I finally did speak I found that I wasn't very good at expressing myself. I wanted to say my part in a conversation as quickly as possible so that I could get to listening, which meant that I could never really fully explain what I was trying to say.
So I turned to writing. It opened a whole different world for me when I wrote my first horror short story. I realized I did have something and I did have potential. After college graduation I finally decided to take up writing even though I had absolutely no background or education in Arts or Fine Arts.
I wrote because I could finally say what I wanted to say even though it was through my characters and I also chose writing because I had something to say and had opinions, but I couldn't say them myself.
As I pursued writing, I started to discover how much patience and persistence it required along with loads of hard work. I had imagined completing stories in a day only to find out that it took three hours just to write half a chapter. There was so much planning and research to do.
Writing isn't easy as some people think. It requires every creative fiber in the body to produce something that is absolutely amazing to me. Writing and conceptualizing cannot be done in a noisy environment or at a particular time. It just comes to you like a bolt out of nowhere and all you can do is just reach out for a piece of paper or a cell phone to write it down. It is that powerful.
Through this, I also found how important it is to learn something new. Inspiration can after all come from anywhere. So with great determination I've decided to learn something new everyday. Currently learning the Italian language and reading the news. So let's see....
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