Should I be happy yet? #Comics

 

Should I be happy yet?

Dialogue between Me and a Voice in my head

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, you are not a billionaire yet. You are not even a millionaire yet.

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, you haven’t achieved the desired weight in the gym yet.

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, there are still all these problems in your life you need to solve (Problem 1 + Problem 2 + Problem 3 +.…..Problem n)

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, there are still people in your life who won’t appreciate if you are happy too soon. (Person 1 + Person 2 + …. + Person n)

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, you haven’t yet overcome all the barriers in your mind. You are not enlightened yet.

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, you haven’t yet achieved all the goals in your list, you haven’t even reached halfway into your bucket list.

 

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, you haven’t found that one person who will accept you for who you are.

Me: Should I be happy yet?

 

Voice: No, there are still a lot of traumas and griefs from the past you need to heal that are blocking you from being happy.

Me: [Scratching head]

Be Happy Now!

 

 

FEELSTORA

FEELSTORA

= A story that revolves around and reflects the feelings and emotional states that the writer has at the time of writing it!

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WHAT IS ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN WRITING?

What is Anthropomorphism in writing?

A process comprising of the attribution of human traits, characteristics, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities like gods, animals, or objects. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human mind; and is employed as a storytelling tool and artistic/writing device. In mythology, anthropomorphism is the perception of the divine appearing as a deity or in a human form carrying a set of human personality traits and characteristics; In fables, fairy tales, science fiction and fantasy genres, anthropomorphism is utilised as a device to attribute human characteristics to non-human characters like animals, creatures, computers, robots, objects, motifs etc. In science, it represents attributing human emotions, behaviours and tendencies to various animals for the purpose of research. It is derived from the Greek words anthrōpos ("human") and morphē ("form").

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List of needs and desires to keep in mind while crafting an idea/ad

List of needs and desires to keep in mind while crafting an idea/ad

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WHAT IS BILDUNGSROMAN IN WRITING?

WHAT IS BILDUNGSROMAN IN WRITING?

Have you read novels like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, Great Expectations and Paper Towns? There is something common in them apart from brillant writing. That is, a character who seeks spiritual transformation or walks on a journey to enlightenment.

This kind of a novel or story comes under a genre called BILDUNGSROMAN.

A bildungsroman novel is a novel depicting a character’s formative years of spiritual education.

A writing genre that focuses on a character seeking answers to deep life questions and experiencing transformation along the spiritual journey.

A coming-of-age novel or story that elaborates a character’s path to enlightenment.

Composed from the German words bildung (education) and Roman (novel)!

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DESCRIPTION - A gorgeous tool for writers

When I first read the book The Catcher in the Rye, I was fascinated by the straightforwardly simple expression of writing which is also rooted in the emotional depths rather than merely branching out from the surface. The range in which the thoughts and feelings are expressed in the book sounds simple enough for a layman but powerful enough to add into the favourites book list of Mr. Bill Gates himself.

Another example is the poetry of Rumi. Or, the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. Simple yet profound and deep.  

If you have also read a book like this, you too would have experienced the same feeling in which there is much detail of thought and much elaboration of emotions underpinned into the words, something where a space of awareness is holding the strings of the thoughts rather than otherwise.

So, this gorgeous writing tool namely ‘Description’ helps you do just the same for your writing and for your thoughts in general. Once you have the space cleared for the scene to appear, and once the scene has appeared, it is now the time to describe this scene. Once you’ve allowed yourself to step into the scene and put on a pair of magnifying glasses, its now time to pay attention to the details. To describe all that you can in the scene, in words.

Tiny details, big details and everything in between. All of these.

"Step into a scene and let it drip from your fingertips." – MJ Bush

In her book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott shares her experience of looking through the index cards to have a clear picture or a scene of what she was beginning to write.

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The Copyediting Checklist

COPYEDITING CHECKLIST

· Possessive pronouns

· Dangling modifiers

· Missing articles/Article insertion

· Redundancy

· Improper/Lacking relevance, clarity and/or context

· Unidentifiable pronoun(s)

· Inappropriate verb

· Tense inconsistency

· Punctuation {commas, hyphens, colons, semi-colons, full-stops, etc.}

· Spellings

· Rephrasing

· Fragments 

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What is Incubation Period in Writing?

Flowers blossom into flowers only after a series of winds hit the saplings. Before pearls are born, they nestle in the cocoon of the oyster for a span of time. Butterfly rests in a gooey shelter until it transforms into a butterfly.

Everything in nature takes its own duration of time to become perfect and the way it is meant to be. So does a piece of writing…

Stephen King defines this period as “Recuperation Period”. Joseph Sugarman calls it “Incubation Period”.

This is a duration of time when a piece of writing has been written but is not ready to be put out into the world. During this period, we just let the piece stay in its place until it organizes itself in our head, so we can edit and revise it to its best possible perfection.

Whether it is a stream of consciousness journal entry or a poem or an article, this duration of time is important for it to become refined and polished!

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11 Aesthetic words to add to your vocabulary

 Words are no lesser than gemstones. The more you have, the greater is your treasure. As for now, add to this treasure of yours these 11 aesthetic words with wondrous meanings. Read on!

1.    Bumbershoot: Umbrella

2.    Raconteur: A skilled storyteller

3.    Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you play over and over in your head

4.    Cosmogyral: Whirling or travelling around the universe

5.    Zibaldone: A heap of things, miscellany, mixture

6.    Blazemoche: The therapeutic tranquility one feels while listening to the sounds of burning firewood

7.    Drapetomania: An irresistible desire to run away

8.    Twitterpated: Love-struck

9.    Chattel: A personal possession

10.                       Bellwether: A leader

11.                       Amanuensis: Skilled in note-taking

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