A Mini Guide to Turning Imagination to Words

Writing is termed as an activity or occupation of composing text for publication. However, it is much more than that. Writing is a process. A process that is simple yet complicated, strenuous but fruitful, defining but intangible. It’s like choosing one flavour out of many flavours of ice-cream. You need to decide the type, the genre, the plot, the characters, the twists and the audience as well. This is why writers are respected amongst all professions, owing to their creative and multi-sided nature.

The main roadblock towards writing is getting published. Writers have very less financial stability and often have to maintain a side-job to support their ends. However, the payoff is huge and especially the feeling when your work is appreciated by someone else.

Gamers like first-person perspective games simply because they can feel the reality in them. This is why 4D films have gained popularity because of their ability to make the viewers feel the events. A similar albeit old-fashioned is writing. A writer implements his/her imagination onto paper. The interested readers capture the visual imagery within the writing and play it in their minds. Any book that succeeds in doing this automatically becomes a bestseller.

Now the main question is as to how one turns their imagination into words. It’s simple, really. You just need to feel your words. Imagine yourself as the character that you are writing about. Imagine what you would be thinking in that situation and simply pen it down. Do not care about the format or writing style initially. It can be improved upon. You just need to feel.

Read different books that appeal you the most. Understand how the character has developed over the course of the story. Also, do not give your work for criticism until you have completed it. Early criticism of your work will do more harm than good. The reason is because critics are viewing the book in their own aspects. Nobody considers what the author has felt or is feeling. This is why books have genres. And that even bestsellers get some negative reviews. People have different mind-sets. However, it should not interfere in your work. Therefore, wait until you have penned it all down. 

Then sit down to edit it. While editing, be judicious. Think before removing any part. The thing about imagination is that you should not delay or hurry, you need to take time. Take time on every sentence. Ponder on what you want versus what the readers want. You should not edit everything according to critiques and neither should you ignore them. Be judicious in every sense.

Lastly, give the book to someone (could be anyone – your family, friends, workplace etc.) and let them read. 

You have now turned your imagination into words.

Knowing your Limits

Every person on this Earth is termed in two major and broad categories: good and bad. Be it a politician, businessman or the common man. Obviously with it, like every other term or category follows a plethora of characteristics as the bad person being someone who is immoral, doesn’t follow the rules and regulations and such. The good boy is of course who is pure and honest in terms of the society.

I say that this discrimination is wrong! Completely. The only thing separating a good boy from the bad and vice versa is about their knowledge of limits.

Limits is very important be it in Math or in real life. Knowing your own limits can solve so many social problems that dog our society today. The strong and sensitive issues especially the cases of rape can be reduced in the society. And all it takes is to get a person know his/her limits and make him/her adhere to it.

Let’s face the bare truth. No one in this world is flawless. Everyone is normal and has normal thoughts. The reason why that pretty girl likes that boy instead of you is because of the way you approach her. The reason why that person is the teacher’s pet is because he knows how to behave. It all spirals down to knowing and nothing else.

Let’s take an example. Each and every person thinks of sex. It is a fact that everyone has to accept sooner or later. It just matters in how much proportion a person thinks about it. Larger and copious amounts of such thoughts lead to pornography which in return leads to wrong approach towards women and a lonely life. On the other hand, the ‘good’ guy will obviously have sex on his mind but it will be under a check by himself. This paves the way for a stable and healthy relationship.

In schools, teacher’s pets are always hated. This is true for any country and all age groups. Teacher’s favourites are usually termed as nerds, geeks or a person who cannot keep a secret and is ostracized from the ‘normal’ group. Now, the situation is such. The ‘pet’ knows his limits about when he/she should have fun or when he/she should be serious. Otherwise, he/she is normal just like everyone of us.

The education about limits and knowing them should be from the beginning from the age where sex education begins. This is because one can teach about limits more strongly than in the later ages since that particular age group is the most impressionable.

The conclusion is simple,

“Be sure and be strong and you shall never be wrong. Limit to your surroundings and you shall be set free“

Cheerio.

Fashion: A misinterpreted 7-letter word

Fashion: A misinterpreted 7-letter word

Yes, fashion is misinterpreted. We humans tend to be very superficial. It is a common belief that fashion is nothing but your clothes, looks and appearances. It is also all about your new hairstyle or the new bag that you purchased at Vanities. How often we hear this –

“Wow! He/She is so handsome/beautiful. He/she always wears stylish clothes.”
 

And so on...

Well, I am here to tell you that it is wrong! Fashion is not appearance and looks. It is a quality. It is the way of life. It is how you live, breathe, talk, walk, dance or sing. The way I am sitting while typing this article is also a fashion. No one has a duplicate fashion. Everyone is unique in his/her own sense.
 

Even Nature has fashion. The leaves are green, the flowers are multi-coloured, the clouds are white and sky is blue. Imagine, if the leaves were red or blue (completely) and flowers were colourless. It would look odd, wouldn’t it? Awry, would be a proper title for such an appearance.
 

This is because we are accustomed to nature’s pattern. If the colours changed everyday then we would say that Nature is very fashionable and that it likes to change colours.
The way your inner qualities are as important as your outer looks. This is what makes fashion.
 

Fashion can be found everywhere. Why do you think photographers can produce such beautiful
photographs? It is because they can see the fashion in their surroundings. Something that is very normal for us is a masterpiece to them and they capture it in their lens.
 

Common man tends to think in a unidirectional way. We have fixed definitions for everything. We define fashion to be something that attracts the eye and ridicule all that does not. We tease and insult those who we do not like and most of the times it is because of the appearance and most importantly the fashion. Fashionable clothes, shoes, looks all define fashion nowadays.
 

One tends not to look at good qualities. People call those who are kind, respectful, polite and many others as old-fashioned. They tell them that such values do not apply in real-life. ‘Chivalry is nothing, ya know’. But they forget to understand that maybe it is that particular person’s fashion. Maybe it is his/her own personality
 

See, it is easily defined – Fashion is personality. And personality includes your inner and outer world, your qualities and appearance.
 

But this type of fashion or mentality isn’t possible without your own confidence. Casting oneself in negative way about oneself tends to reduce your fashion.
 

YOU HAVE TO BE POSITIVE ON YOURSELF.
 

I would like to quote a thought by C.Joybell.C

 “You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It's not like you have forever, so don't waste any of your seconds, don't throw even one of your moments away.”

This thought alone defines what I want to say.
 

Lastly, the meaning of fashion (as found on internet):
/ˈfaSHən/

Noun A popular trend, esp. in styles of dress, ornament, or behavior.

Funny, isn’t it? How behaviour is at the last and placed after an ‘or’ and how other things mentioned above are missing?
 

Think and rethink about fashion.

Women empowerment

Women Empowerment

In today’s world of globalization women and men are on an equal footing. The old age ideology of women being treasured at home and the men marching out to face the world is almost obliterated. Women, it seems, today have more courage than men. Still, the world has not completely accepted women in their new roles of success. For example, even today a lot of women sit at homes, cooking, gossiping, still in their old roles. These women didn’t have any proper education in their time as girl education was not believed in by the ages gone. But in this new light of new generation women are seen in a completely positive way. Men have started accepting them in their work circles. They are given equal footing, equal pay, which was not the case before.

In the olden days, the women were subjected to many horrors like Sati, Jauhar, Child Marriage, Restriction in widow remarriage etc. Even in modern times the women face malnutrition, poor health, lack of education, mistreatment, female infanticide etc. These problems lead to the slow growth of women empowerment. Here’s why women empowerment should be implemented:

First, there are several benefits in the household. There is a famous saying that-

“If a woman is educated, then the whole household is educated”

Education is and always was and will be the first step towards empowerment of any kind. An uneducated person is like a blind man even on having eyes that can see. The person doesn’t know the dangers of the world, the tricks of life that pull anyone into the abyss of oblivion.

Therefore, if women are educated then their children will naturally be educated. A woman is the first teacher of children. Children, who later on mature and bring miracles onto this beautiful Earth. This is the first advantage provided by women to the household.

The second advantage is income. A working woman will provide additional income to the household. Thus the economic capacity of the household will increase thus empowering the household to enjoy various consumer services and products.

The third advantage is well-behaved children. An educated woman teaches manners to her children. Thus, the children exhibit the same good manners in the outside world. Thus, this increases the status of their household in the world.

Second, there are several benefits to the society. There is a famous saying by Harriet Stowe that says-

“Women are the real architects of society”

This saying is truly said. A woman is really an architect of society. A woman contributes to the society in a spectacular way. i.e. By raising children. Children who are the beacons of a new generation. Women first play the role of mothers and teacher and then friends and supporters of their children. Also, it is known that behind every man’s success there is the hand of a woman.

Also, women empowerment results in a much stable society. The evils of the society which are mostly on women will be obliterated if women are empowered. The women will know how to use their rights and also know how to face the world. They can also be role models to the society by providing well behaved children and also ensuring the integrity of their husbands and children alike.

Third, women’s contribution to economy. Women can contribute significantly to the economy of the world. According to the stats, there are about 51% of women in the world and 49% of men. Just imagine, if all the 51% of women in the world are employed. 51% out of the world’s population of 7.092 billion, which amounts to about 3 billion of the population. Imagine the income that they would bring.

I don’t think I need to signify any facts about this. The picture regarding economy is almost very, very clear.

Due to these reasons, lots of organizations like the IGSSS, National Council of Women have been established in India and several others in this wide world. Their aim is one: Empowering women in the coming generation. That, is in fact a very good aim. In the end, I would like to quote a quote of Gandhiji

“Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.”

Thus, I conclude my motion by saying that a woman is on an equal footing with man. A woman too should be given equal rights and to ensure the development of the society, the nation and ultimately the whole world.