The Art of Writing:
By: Rajesh Krishnamurthy Always Thinking
Tags: Pandemic Diaries, Writing Tips, Motivation, Books

Writing is a subtle art.

Most of us can write or scribble but few can write which is liked or appreciated by a large audience.

What makes the difference.

It is the same language, words, syllables, grammar that most of us read in our middle and high school.

Probably it’s in the way it is written, the nuances, the flow of thoughts, the coherence, the connect it establishes with the reader, the relevance of the topic that makes or breaks it.

One can write a pure fiction, a semi fiction or a non fiction depending upon his / her lineation.

A pure fiction is generally written in a fantasy or unreal world with unreal stories or adapted from a real story but mostly exists in the writers creative mind. The success of a fiction depends upon the suspense, the intrigue that it generates in a reader.

However non fiction which could be management books or literary books are more factual and therefore have to be well researched and can’t just be a writer’s flight of fancy.

In addition to facts and data, a non fiction needs to address a new theory or concept in an innovative manner to be of any reading value to the reader.

Most writers do not become a fiction or non fiction writer from day 1 they start writing but they evolve over a period of time depending upon what worked for them.

The most important thing to remember is all of us can write and should write not necessarily only for professional success but rather also to have a vent for sharing our life experiences which may benefit someone.

The professional success may follow as a consequence.

History is filled with writers who started writing without really knowing they had it in them.

Writing is an expression of thoughts that keeps flowing into our mind. Some are spontaneous while others are abstract and complex.

Start penning them down instead of keeping them hidden in your inner sanctum and you never know what can become a masterpiece.

I started on this journey in the aftermath of the Pandemic in March 2020.

I started writing couple of pages per week. Then there used to be a gap for weeks before I would again venture back into it. Most of my writing work contained the childhood days, growing up in a small town, the struggle to get into Engineering followed by the search for job after graduation.

The first job followed by the ups and down in career leading me to a mid career break and a sabbatical for higher studies.

Growing further in career, the in-house politics and the fight for one-up-manship.

The meaninglessness of the professional work that dawned later and the financial mistakes committed during the high flying years.

Before I could realise I had a book in place and so decided to share with friends n relatives.

The book was finally released on Amazon Kindle and had decent reviews that led me to write another book.

Suddenly I had become an Author in my own rights which I couldn’t have imagined even an year earlier.

I haven’t had any phenomenal success with my books so far but it has been appreciated in a limited audience that I could reach constrained by the limited marketing options I have exercised this far.

However currently I am enjoying writing and working on my fourth book thats giving me a satisfaction despite no remuneration because now I am doing what I love and hope to get better at unlike earlier professions which gave remuneration but hardly any satisfaction.

If you ask me just start writing and who knows you may be destined to write a Masterpiece.

Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Author of Pandemic: A Game Changer