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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Back!

Hello...

I am back to serious blogging. It's been a long time since 'As I Introspect' found place for frequent introspectives. But I am sure I'll make it happen in the coming days.

The happy thing is, I am finally done with my novel 'A step forward' and I am satisfied with its outcome. But what really matters on the commercial front, is the satisfaction readers get on reading it, which I hope will happen too. There were quite a few good and bad experiences while I was in the process of writing my first novel, and also, there are many things which I have learnt. So I thought I'll just pen them down here.

Firstly, as soon as I finished reading the manuscript this evening, there was a smile on my face. Apart from the satisfaction that, I have authored a novel (210 pages in MS Word Docu), I was in awe at the way the story had taken shape. When I first started off with it on Feb 18, I just had a vague idea and didn't really know what incidents will happen and also, which will happen when. But as I started to write, as thoughts moulded into words, as chapters unfolded, the story shaped up differently, something I myself didn't anticipate. That was when I wondered about the phenomenon called 'The Human Brain'. It stuns you sometimes. Apart from this example, there have been numerous occasions when I had been in awe of my own thought process.

And something I liked about my novel was that, every event that happens is part of the chain called 'A step forward'. So I just wish, every incident in our lives too, happens with relevance to our future, though I must admit that I strongly believe 'Everything in life happens for a reason'.

Actually I did no paperwork for my novel; in the sense, I never wrote the script or jotted down points on paper. The desire to write a novel always took centre stage whenever I thought deep, while reveling in solitude. Hence, writing a chapter was more or less, like writing a blog post. So, I would call my novel as a 'collection of blog posts'. What makes me call so, is actually, my approach to writing the novel by itself. And of course, just like my blog posts, my first attempt at fiction is a work straight from my heart. Being a so-called Engineer, I knew nothing about scriptwriting. But being an avid blogger, I knew to write blog posts. And so, just like how I have penned down 42 posts here, I could manage 24 there (22 + Prologue + Epilogue).

Also, writing this novel has really made me deal with patience. Though I was deriving great pleasure in writing the novel, I must confess that, there were days when the ideas and the thoughts didn't quite come about and that used to make me get annoyed with myself. But I could come over them all quite successfully.

In my opinion, the best time to write is after a sound sleep in the afternoon - the time between 4 and 6 in the evening. That's actually when I wrote some of the best chapters, and I wrote some good ones, late in the nights too (10pm-2am) - when there was noone around to disturb. By writing this novel, for the first time in life, I seemed focussed and was determined to get done something I wanted to happen. But as a matter of fact, there had been really nothing in life which 'I WANTED'.

It's a fantastic feeling, to see a word document for 210 pages written by me alone, to see a word document where my thoughts and emotions have been moulded into words, to see a word document which contains the life of all the characters I have created myself. But overall, it has been a wonderful experience and I have enjoyed every moment of it.

I feel great to have shared my feelings here. Thanks to the blogging platform and you guys. When you actually read my novel, you will know for yourself, how you have been part of the journey called 'A step forward' and how you have contributed to it.

Well... I am still waiting for my call letter from Tech Mahindra. So, I am sure I will be having enough time to introspect. So, my blogger buddies can expect a flurry of posts here in the coming weeks.

8 comments:

Mona said...

wow... so its finally done.. a novel of your own.. well, congrats for that!! waiting for it to get printed soon ... and am sure it's going to get a great response.. and congrats for you job too!! i always feel that our blogosphere has immense talents which are sort of not being exposed to many sections of the world who do not know about blogging and do not happen to access internet.. but i am very proud of you for taking 'a step forward' which you have literally done and which will enable you to reach the masses... !! i wish you all the best and hope that it turns out to be a huge success... !! great going buddy.. cheers!!

Anwesa said...

Congratulations on completion of your novel ! may it see the light of the day as soon as possible and also in the best manner....
there were a few tips about writing in the post which i wud luv 2 emulate :)

n yes,welcome back to the blogging world!!!!!!!!

Mohammed Musthafa said...

hey....jus came across ur blog...wow, i've always wanted to talk to sumone who's trying to get a buk published....

thing is...im 16 years old...i wrote a novel an year ago....gave it to a few publishers...they said various stuff like its not the right genre...language and style is gud, but the matter shud be more from the heart...

cud u tell me how u'r going abt it? cuz i really really believe i can do it...and yah, even i've felt the pleasure of seeing 140 pages of mine....

hope u'll be able to reply...
thnks in advance....

Preetilata【ツ】 said...

welcome back.

n wowwwwww u finished ur novel. congratsss...........:) and yes all my goodwishes for it. :)


n all d best for mahindra.

Manee said...

Woww da.. :) Congratts :D When u gonna publish it.. Do inform me.. All d best da... :)

WritingsForLife said...

ahh... good to see you back. :-)

Rashi said...

hey...cud u share some excerpt from ur book. should u find it fine...

nice to be here!

Rajesh said...

@Mohamed
In my opinion, u can write st frm ur heart only wen u value ur thots, respect the feelings in ur heart, and above all,love urself 4 wat u r.

For that, u must get in touch wit urself, know wat u want in life, wat u wan 2 convey to the world thru the book. And wen u write even a fiction, u must empathize with the character and write how u wud hav reacted 2 situations. u must characterize in such a way that he/she has traces of u in him/her. thats how i went abt things.

This is all i hav 2 say.. thanx 4 droppin by...keep coming..