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Monday 15 October 2012

What Is A Writer To Do?




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20 comments:

  1. Shankari15 October 2012 at 12:17

    You have beautifully captured the modern writer's challenges.

    Do you have any tips for attaining that elusive balance between being reclusive and being social? I always find that when I work on one, the other suffers even if I try to devote scheduled time to each.

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    1. Manreet Sodhi Someshwar16 October 2012 at 08:53

      Sorry to disappoint you Shankari but I don't!

      What I do do is guard my writing time zealously and I try to write the best I can in the firm belief that everything else comes later. I dabble in social media therefore - one reason why I ain't any good at it, sigh! But, so be it. If you are a writer, it's the writing that counts, right?

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    2. Shankari16 October 2012 at 09:27

      True. :-)

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    3. Mallika Baruah Borkakoty16 October 2012 at 10:03

      Your reply is inspiring. Thanks.

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  2. ra15 October 2012 at 17:57

    just one word AWESOME!

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  3. Mallika Baruah Borkakoty16 October 2012 at 00:10

    Funny verse but very true!

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  4. Indrani16 October 2012 at 09:43

    Well written.

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  5. Anonymous16 October 2012 at 11:16

    Loved it. Though social media might look like a distraction for those of us who are more focused on the literary value of our writing, I have to admit that it has helped me find readers when there were none. I wish someone would come up with an app that lets me do all of the things- the bings and the pings, the tweets and the status updates - all at one go.

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  6. muthu16 October 2012 at 19:49

    that was quite perceptive. :)

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  7. Swapna17 October 2012 at 09:54

    Loved it Manreet. Just when I think I have started mastering one social media a new one crops up. Now I have just left most of them and hoping my content makes the readers come back again and again. That is all a writer can hope for right??

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  8. provoqd17 October 2012 at 23:41

    First time around in your blog Manreet.
    You write very well. You have captured today's scenario quite aptly :)
    Keep posting good stuff :) :) :)

    Regards

    Jay
    http://road-to-sanitarium.blogspot.in/

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  9. Anonymous18 October 2012 at 00:29

    And now I am wondering what is a photographer to do? :) Very well written!!!

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  10. Saurabh Chawla5 November 2012 at 11:31

    lovely one mam :) Do spare some time and read these too :)

    http://saurabhchawla2345.blogspot.in/2012/09/natures-call-soak-no-more.html

    http://saurabhchawla2345.blogspot.in/2012/09/as-hard-as-it-gets.html

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