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Unveiling the writer in me.

 

All the weirdest jitters in the world were what I felt the day I published my book. Nervous, scared, excited, anxious, oh! What not had I felt that day, the day I had published my book on a world renowned free Reading and Writing site.

I still remember, it was 23^rd may 2016 around 10 in the morning, when I had pressed that enter button on my keyboard and had officially published the Prologue of my book. It had been my second attempt after months of the first one. I didn’t cower this time; rather I put up my book out there amidst thousands, proudly. I learnt something at that point. You cannot form an identity unless and until you put yourself up out there, facing your fears and nerves boldly. I wasn’t a professional writer, just a layman with thoughts. I penned them down at my best. At this point, I wasn’t looking for people to admire me or my writing, rather I looked at a platform to present myself. And that’s what I did; I wrote and published the few beginning chapters for my fun. I liked to think that those few hundred reads were many more than I imagined. But after about the 5^th chapter of my book, it actually flourished. It was attracting readers and admirers. It was overwhelming at first, but later I realized that maybe, just maybe, I could write, or maybe I could pen down bearable things.

Now with around 2 lakh readers and growing along with fifth position in it’s category, my book is still growing strong, even though, I’m just halfway through it. I never imagined or ran after getting reads or votes or comments. But now that I see it all on my book, I can’t help but feel happy and admired.

It’s not about how good you are at a particular thing. It’s about how good you try to be for that particular thing. This may not be a great thing for everyone, but well, it’s for me. It makes me happy. And thus, try to do something that makes you happy and others, well let others be others for all you care!

 

Chandni Kumar