Ohh Please...Don't go by the Title
Ya I havent wrtten in a long time but I m not going through a writers block(Coz of obivious I m not a writer)
Ok coming back ya "Writers Nigntmare" is a collection of selected essays by R.K. Narayan. This book like most of his other works carries the simplicity in language, richness in content and has quiet undercurrent of humor which hits rough surfaces at times and you can't resist a chuckle or two.Has essays on various topics from his umbrellas,mathematics,weddings,monkeys,Coffe-all sorts of topics.
Here's one samall para from one of the essays that I'll share with All.
A writer feels pleased when he meets one of his readers.It is a peice of vanity which is generally forgiven in a writer.People generally think, "Probably it is only the poor worm receives for his work, let us tolerate him."A writer feels gratified when a stranger nods knowingly at the mention of his name, but he soon pays the price for his statisfaction. "Oh, yes," says the stranger, "You are so and so.I have heard of you." If the writer is wise and experienced, he must leave the stranger alone at this point and go away, with the flattering thought that his words are really read.But if he probes further and gets the answer "You write on astronomy, dont you? I have read every word that you have written. I never miss it. Very illuminating, very illuminating" and you, as one who cannot locate even the Pole star realize that you are being mistaken for someone else. You feel like a miserable pretender to a throne, about to be denounced.
Rest of it is in the book :)
Regards,
Madhuri
Ya I havent wrtten in a long time but I m not going through a writers block(Coz of obivious I m not a writer)
Ok coming back ya "Writers Nigntmare" is a collection of selected essays by R.K. Narayan. This book like most of his other works carries the simplicity in language, richness in content and has quiet undercurrent of humor which hits rough surfaces at times and you can't resist a chuckle or two.Has essays on various topics from his umbrellas,mathematics,weddings,monkeys,Coffe-all sorts of topics.
Here's one samall para from one of the essays that I'll share with All.
"In the Confessional"
A writer feels pleased when he meets one of his readers.It is a peice of vanity which is generally forgiven in a writer.People generally think, "Probably it is only the poor worm receives for his work, let us tolerate him."A writer feels gratified when a stranger nods knowingly at the mention of his name, but he soon pays the price for his statisfaction. "Oh, yes," says the stranger, "You are so and so.I have heard of you." If the writer is wise and experienced, he must leave the stranger alone at this point and go away, with the flattering thought that his words are really read.But if he probes further and gets the answer "You write on astronomy, dont you? I have read every word that you have written. I never miss it. Very illuminating, very illuminating" and you, as one who cannot locate even the Pole star realize that you are being mistaken for someone else. You feel like a miserable pretender to a throne, about to be denounced.
Rest of it is in the book :)
Regards,
Madhuri
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