The Best Writers in the World

The good thing after reading alot is that you will eventually have alot to say. The bad thing about reading too much is that you might eventually stay quiet and not say much at all. That somehow defeats the purpose of reading, don’t you think? I would think that the best writers in the world do not write for just themselves, they write so that it touches other people lives.

As I look around my room at which I am at now, there should be about a thousand books surrounding me. My own personal library consists of a few hundreds and beside me right now are about 30 books. I am writing this now because of an idea which I drafted in my notebook which I sketched the idea in about 5 minutes ago.

But having many books is not the point, the point is that having read many books by different authors, many times more than once, and having written much notes over the years, I would think that I have developed some instinct that whenever I’m at a writer’s block, I just take a look around me and glance upon the books, somehow a title will catch my eye and I can continue writing again from a point I remembered, not necessarily from that certain book. It just happens, the magic of the brain we have but never really fully understand. If it works, it works. Better still if it works well, just stick to it and practice. Sometimes we tend to seek greener pasture when our own is already lush and blessed, it’s ok, just don’t abandon your roots.

Many people are writers, but not all writers write for readers. That is your window of opportunity.

For me, I would consider myself a researcher above most things vocations and education tend to brand us by. Sometimes, people ask me what makes my thesis stand out from the rest to have won an award, nominated to be the best among at least five universities. I don’t have the answer because I am not one of the judges. But I would think that it could be because I write for people to read, facts and numbers mean little if the idea is not presented clearly and presented so that it captures their attention and imagination.

My courteous readers, I imagine that more than half of you who will read this will have to do some writing as part of your work in your vocations. My message is simple but it is not mine alone, it is by many who have succeeded in the past, before or since.

Read much, read wide, and if you do write, write it so people can and will read it. They are investing their time in what you have to say and time, is it not one of, if not the most precious thing in life? *Smiles*

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