Some Lite @ the End of de Tunnel
After long hours of Rejection & Dejection...my latent skills have been given a chance to shine through...
This happened just a few days ago....I was just so "into" this story writing thing ,...that i wanted to get some Expert advice on how good my work really was.
So I turned to the one person....who i would tend to call on..as an expert in english literature...(No..not J.K.Rowling...but somebody close enough!) My English teacher at College.
At first she simply could not undestand why a student of Engineering..was so interested in writing a book ( of any sorts) . Then I had to convince her somehow...that her views on the book could make or break my Dream of being a world - renowned writer one day .
So she finally accepted ; but said that she wanted atleast two days to evaluate the material .
I had no reason to hurry ; so i agreed.
She returned two days later...with a smile on her face . She said that it was great & she had her husband read it & he loved it as well. Also she told me that she was confused ; because i had told her that i was writting a novel ,but had given her only the first chapter . She thought that this was so complete in itself that it would be a great idea to publish it as a short story . She further continued that she knew somebody who could get it published. Finally she asked me if i had any problems on publishing it.
I was flabbergasted & conveyed to her that i had absolutely no problems with her publishing it.
BUT SHE ALSO ADDED THAT SHE WAS'NT ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED, BUT JUST THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT it was enough to get my spirits back up sky high.
I also have to thank you ( the readers ) for your continual support & readership of this aspiring writer.
THANK YOU ALL !!
This happened just a few days ago....I was just so "into" this story writing thing ,...that i wanted to get some Expert advice on how good my work really was.
So I turned to the one person....who i would tend to call on..as an expert in english literature...(No..not J.K.Rowling...but somebody close enough!) My English teacher at College.
At first she simply could not undestand why a student of Engineering..was so interested in writing a book ( of any sorts) . Then I had to convince her somehow...that her views on the book could make or break my Dream of being a world - renowned writer one day .
So she finally accepted ; but said that she wanted atleast two days to evaluate the material .
I had no reason to hurry ; so i agreed.
She returned two days later...with a smile on her face . She said that it was great & she had her husband read it & he loved it as well. Also she told me that she was confused ; because i had told her that i was writting a novel ,but had given her only the first chapter . She thought that this was so complete in itself that it would be a great idea to publish it as a short story . She further continued that she knew somebody who could get it published. Finally she asked me if i had any problems on publishing it.
I was flabbergasted & conveyed to her that i had absolutely no problems with her publishing it.
BUT SHE ALSO ADDED THAT SHE WAS'NT ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED, BUT JUST THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT it was enough to get my spirits back up sky high.
I also have to thank you ( the readers ) for your continual support & readership of this aspiring writer.
THANK YOU ALL !!
posted by BlaQ at 12:05 PM
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