For years now I have been dreaming of writing my own book, of getting published, of actually making a living out of what I love the most – writing. Sure, I am not the best writer ever, but I know I could be one. I just needed to hone my skills and just have the right platform to do so.
Since the advent of the internet I have discovered that I could actually share what I feel and think about a lot of different things to a lot of people digitally, that is not needing to write each person personally and sending them through mail which will cost me a lot of effort, time and money. So since 2003 (well that’s the farthest I could remember) I have been writing articles online. I started my 1st blog in my Friendster account, though I know not very many read them, but the fact that I actually have something to publish my works on really gave me a sense of hope. Later on I discovered Multiply. That’s where I really got hooked.
Every time I wrote something people (well most of them my friends really) would just read and comment on how much they liked it. And it really inspired me and made me want to do it all the more. This I did for almost 3 years. I blogged almost everyday in 2007 to 2008. Though when I transferred to the UAE, the frequency of my writing dwindled a bit. And then Facebook became so popular. No one was reading my blogs anymore. Everybody was busy doing their own thing and updating their own statuses. And I wasn’t as inspired as I used to be (maybe because somehow when you loss an audience, you as an artist lose that drive to do what you do, I mean if I was an actor and nobody watches my film anymore, wouldn’t you acknowledge that as a sign to retire?).
So I sort of stopped. Except for some really pressing things that I write every now and then. But with this platform. I think this is it! I really have a good feeling about this. I know it’s a long shot but a shot nonetheless. Here I know that I will not only hone my skills, I know I will be challenged to be better if not the best I could be. Here, I have the chance to be published and be read by so many different people around the globe. I know that this will take time, but I am willing to wait. Patience is really not me but I could be really patient when I need to.
So here goes my first article. It doesn’t really say anything much, but this means so much for me. Whoever says I can’t dream has no dreams at all and has no right to stop me from dreaming.