Chillarai - Preface

Preface

Don't think that I have become too big for my shoes or my writing hat that I am starting off with a preface but I think this story of mine deserves one. Why? Because I think when I sit back at a later stage in life and do indeed think of venturing into the world of fiction writing, I shall revisit this one and expand this to make it a full length story, not because I think its a great story but because this one means so much to me.


The story, the characters, the events that happen in this story are all inspired by things I have seen, heard, cried about, lamented about, tried to do something about, failed miserably at and finally made peace with as to how much i could do about the whole issue. I think its a story that deserves to be told. 


My brother, over some late night conversation said something that i think i will use as my opening defense for my ideas of literary grandeur. "Every body has a novel to write. A film to make. Every body has something to say." With that being my opening salvo, i have to also mention the statement made by another friend who was present at the same late night session. " A writer who writes..such a work is just masturbation...self pleasure." Pardon my french or rather this case latin as the word's etymology clarifies.


Today I read another twit from the random people that I follow. Writing, perhaps is the socially accepted form of schizophrenia. Amen. 


I have often been commended for my writing(however bad or good they may have been) and commented rather strongly by people. The most common comments have been that sometimes my language isnt simple enough for people to understand and sometimes my concepts arent simple enough to be understood. Now you people understand why i never try for publishing. Because of these two reasons. If the language is too complicated then i have to learn to dumb down my vocabulary. If the concepts are too complex then i have to dumb down myself. If 20 years of institutional education cant do that to me, I dont think I will be able to do it. So I am stuck with being the way I am and therefore not great business prospects. 


So I shall continue to write in this medium, whether I take the plunge later on or not depends on what fate has in store for yours truly. So without further adieu, my next offering. Chillarai