Fiction is The Truth Inside The Lie

Why do I write? 

Writing, I think, is the act of opening yourself up to the entire world, exposing your vulnerability with the hope and the trust of being accepted, being loved and adored. I’ve heard many times that writing is “an act of love,” and I believe this is what is meant by that. It is not an act of love by virtue of the love of writing, the act of pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, like me), but rather the sacrificial, frightening and vulnerable part of love and relationships (again, and again, and again, and again, do it again). It’s the exposure, the terrifying degree of trust that is requisite for that sort of transparency.

The unfortunate consequence is the isolation it requires, the walls that we have intentionally or otherwise — built up around ourselves. Writing is a struggle. Rejections, at first, are as heartbreaking as failed relationships. You spend a few months in this optimistic dreamland, you imagine a future with yourself and this beautiful, amazing, prestigious journal, and then you’re told it’s just not going to work out. It could be for any reason, but most often, you’re just told that you’re not what they’re (he's) looking for. You have good qualities, you’re a great person, but the chemistry isn’t there. You lack electricity between you. Rejection makes you heart-sore, a little angry, can spiral you into endless cycles of self-pity and shame and the constant thought of not being good enough. (God save me! puhleaseee hahaha)
And maybe that’s why writing is so lonely. In many ways, it is like being perpetually single. As soon as you do get accepted somewhere, you celebrate for a bit, and then it’s back to the grind. That lonely soul-crushing grind. You go on and on and on, because what writing means is a life where you are constantly and relentlessly in pursuit of love.

Have a blast day, sugar ! cheers.


Comments

Common People said…
I believe love is a journey, which happiness is the ultimate goals.
In time u'll find whether the journey is a delightful trip or just a long waste one.
The key is not to get lost in the journey itself, unless getting lost is part of which you enjoyed most.
Then if u told me writing is a pursuit of love, at the end is a pursuit of happiness (ga maksud nyontek oom will smith,hehe..)
wandan said…
I think, we are not only need to be happy at the end. It simply isn’t worth it to simply stress most your life to get an end gain of some happiness. The ultimate goal is something that spans across our entire life, because we live each moment of our life. Each moment that is spent unnecessarily unhappy is a moment where we fail to achieve our ultimate goal. As such, we have to constantly remind ourselves that life should be happy, and then we need to make the constant effort to make it that way...hehe..
btw, thank you and sorry for the delay in replying your comment ya.

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