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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

Desmond Tutu

She was a post graduate in English Literature. It was her childhood dream to become a writer. But due to the curve balls thrown to her by life, she was struggling to meet her ends meet. She had been in a struggling phase most of her life.But her consistent efforts and persistence made her master most of the skills. However, there was one skill that she could not master and that was the skill of writing. It wasn’t that she lacked ideas. Instead, she had the most novel ideas, a vibrant vocabulary and a vivid imagination.But she lacked something according to the publishers of her novels. That was the reason why why she could not be a best seller. This constant disappointments had begun taking a toll on her mental health. The love which she had for writing was slowly being reduced to a feeling of exhaustion. Though, she did not claim to be an expert storyteller, but according to the feedback received by her from her loved ones, her writing did resonate with them.This encouragement had led her to pursue the field of English Literature. This field according to her, were the gateways of the imagination of the human mind.As she reminisced her past, a feeling of desperation began to seep on her. This feeling of desperation slowly turned into apathy and depression which led her to neglect her typewriter which was one of her most prized possessions. The drafts of her upcoming novels seemed to eat dust as she just lay hopelessly on her bed looking at the ceiling of her room and sighing. This nonchalant attitude of hers began disturbing the characters of her published novels as well as those which were in the drafting stage.

One of the characters named Miss Penny decided to call an emergency meeting with all the characters the writer had developed. The writer heard some strange rumbling sounds from her workspace. Startled, she began to look around to track the sources of the sound.While, Miss Penny, like a CEO of a company presided the meeting with the other characters. She said in a voice that commanded authority, “Our creator is a nice human being. She created us with great care and research. Yet she seems sad and disinterested. What could be the reason behind her such attitude?” Mr. Shylock, another character replied, “I know the reason behind her such attitude. Our creator does put in the hard work yet her writing does not resonate with her audience.” “Oh!” said Miss Penny, “how can we help her out? I cannot afford to see her in such a state. She seems to have immense potential in her and yet she gave up. What a shame! Miss Sally you are supposed to be the very first character she created. Can you suggest something?” Miss Sally was a young, pretty girl who had immense energy and was a person who loved to help others a lot. She gave it a thought and said, “Maybe our creator should just continue practicing her art. This is supposed to be the starting phase of her career. Even though she is struggling to break even, one day she will be in a better position due to the persistence and practice she would have undertaken. After all, writing is a skill. There is nothing that a man cannot achieve with consistent efforts.” Mr. Pollock raised his hand to say something. He was a nice, jolly guy who was very charming by nature. He said, “Maybe, our creator should take a masterclass by the most famous writers? This can be arranged with the help of her literary agent.By doing so, she will be able to take notes from the stalwarts as to how to make her writing more refined and more engaging.”

The writer who had reached her workspace was marveled by the brainstorming session that was held in her workspace. She felt overwhelmed with emotions as she saw the characters which she had created with lots of love giving her the same love which she had given to them while crafting them reciprocate the same to her by taking care of her when she was at her lowest. She tried to hide the same and said, “That’s a brilliant idea. ” The characters appeared to be dazzled at first. But they were happy that their creator had listened to their talk.

Maybe they were right about not giving up on the thing that she enjoyed she thought. This made her decide to give her love another shot. She took upon herself to write everyday and read more. She also decided to explore her favorite authors and study their writing style. As the days passed, she began fixing the shortcomings in her writing. Though, she has not created any ripples in the writer’s space yet she is optimistic that maybe one day she will be counted as one of the legends after all she did not give up on what she loved the most. After all this was her way to thank her creations who had restored her confidence back even though she had not made it big.

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