Dream to be a Wordsmith

Writing profound things in few, simple and easily understandable words is a dream. Whoever has acquired or mastered this trait can express inner feelings in eloquent, comprehensive and easy way so that others can connect to the idea. 

This is a gift that not many people have and most people aspire for. Some have natural talent for this but others can also master it to significant degree. What is needed is commitment, attention to detail and a propensity for repetitive practice towards betterment. Writing skill development needs a lot of reading as well. Reading good and well-written material gives the reader important insight into what a well-written piece looks like and what the essential ingredients making an engrossing read are. 

Capability to provide a perfect mix of information, entertainment, profound message and light moments to the reader comes as a consequence of mastering the art of writing. Whenever one reads a great poem, a brilliant story or an engrossing prose, one wonders at the capability of the author to convey so many profound messages in so simple and commonplace set of words. Those words and phrases are like buckets of colors. A virtuoso painter creates amazing works of art whereas a common man can do nothing but ruin his own hands and clothes with the same bucket of color. It is not the material that matters, it is how you use the material that matters. 

Writing, like any other work of art, needs some inner talent for the person to excel. However, again as any form of creativity, even a common person can practice and master it to significant extent. Like an ability to paint a good picture, play a musical instrument or even create a clever computer program, capability to create a good, readable piece of idea or message or story or any written piece can give the creator an immense joy and feeling of contentment at having created a unique work of art. 

It is indeed an art worth the hard work to conquer. Maybe these few ordinary lines give this narrator an important few minutes of practice to inch towards betterment. As the saying goes, Practice Makes one Perfect.

21 October 2018