Are You Truly a Writer?
You’re dead or you’re not. You’re in love or you’re not. You’re a writer or you’re not. You can like both frogs & dogs — romcoms & gore — rock & pop. But, Writing doesn’t work that way — it’s exclusive like Love & Death. The million pakistani-rupee question is — What makes you a writer? Every motherfucker can write a poem, a short story, a diary, a letter, a song, a blog. None of that makes you a writer. Not even writing a bestselling novel makes you a goddamn writer. What the hell makes you a Writer? When I was 13 [may be 14], I wrote a poem for my boarding school’s newsletter. It felt good when it got published on paper. I don’t recall writing anything else in high school. In college, I often scribbled & thought about writing a brilliant story or a film’s script. But I never wrote beyond 3 lines. At 22, I began reading a lot. The more I read, the more it became crystal to me that I can’t be a writer. One has got to be super smart, super discipli...