Digging Up The Lost And Dead
May 18, 2007
Finding out what you are good at can be tricky. It’s good to experiment until you find your distinct writing voice. But sometimes to reach that stage you can get de-motivated with the list of rejection letters tucked away in every nook and cranny of your desk. I am speaking from experience so I truly know how it feels.
Many experts suggest that we should find a niche. I mean how can we really do that? In this vast world of advancement I doubt if there is a topic that has remained unexplored. If you look for one insignificant word in any search engine, it will give you over a million possibilities. So from where do you start?
Write from what you know. Maybe you have hidden talents and expertise which you thought were immature and pointless – a distinct hobby as a child. A collection of shells or marbles which could be worthless monetarily but priceless if you think it in terms of memories.
Think about the creative ways you can use to glamorize an old lamp, photo frame, a spectacle case with shells. Or you can write a research paper on shells. How they are beneficial in other fields like medicines or its use in various cultures. The possibilities are endless provided you don’t give up or loose hope with initial failures.
Digging deep into old pastimes as a child or going through family albums can trigger happy memories which can turn into heartwarming memoirs. All you need is to go back in time and keep excavating like the archeologists in Egypt. You never know when you will uncover the key to a priceless piece.
©Nayna Chakrabarty, 2007. All Rights Reserved.
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