Thought Overflow

A couple of days back, I wrote about the annoyances of being a writer. I highlighted the frustration of not capturing an idea while you can and then losing out on a chance to write something breath-taking. But like everything in life, it has a flip-side. Being able to write well is something I’m extremely thankful for.

Why?

For one thing, it gives me the ability to express myself clearly. I’ve had people tell me how lucky I am because I can articulate my thoughts so well. It’s true. I think I do have an advantage when it comes to written communication.

But writing to me is about a lot more than communication. It’s an outlet of creativity, it’s a passion that excites me, a reason to celebrate life, to view the world in all its beauty and all its flaws and be able to visualize it in other ways. It’s amazing to be able to see everyday occurrences and make stories about them that make them special and immortalize them in the pages of a book.

Every once in a while, I write something, fiction or otherwise, that makes me … happy, to put it succinctly. It may not be perfect for others, but to me, it feels like every word, every symbol of punctuation has fallen into place like a jigsaw puzzle. And when I read it after I’m done writing it…that, my friends, is the joy of being a writer.

PS: Yes, I know the jigsaw puzzle metaphor is terribly clichéd and overused now. I will try to avoid using it for a while in future posts!