Becoming a writer…
by Anisur Rahman
In order to be a writer, a prospective individual talent ultimately makes his own way himself. The question arises so why one does need to go for course or workshop on creative writing. Well, the answer is simple. Course or workshop helps one in making the way becoming a writer. Such programmes help one to save his time and give him some advanced ideas. To get those he would have to wait some more years to attain by himself. This is like mapping out the ways. Choice and decision are talents’.
Without having a good voice, only orientation or huge amount of education in music cannot make one a great singer. But it can help one who has a sweet voice for music already. Without getting into orientation on music, the talent may get lose herself. Orientation is a way out for the talent for survival in music. Same reality is to be told in case of writing.
Education or orientation cannot make one to be a writer, but help him knowing how to survive in writing. It can help him to be a critical reader, to judge his own writing, to get into the network of writers, to get access of publication and media.
To succeed as a writer, one must lead a life of a writer. Orientation helps one how to do that. As one writes to expose himself to readers, orientation helps him how to expose and reach readers. One writes well, but nobody knows or reads. He hardly can survive without expected interaction or getting access to other writers and readers. Orientation helps him to get way out from this crisis.
Workshop also helps them to solve confusions. Let’s focus on my workshop at Uppsala City Library. It is a joint concern of Studieframjandet and Uppsala Kommun Culture Office. It will help the beginning writer ask what ever they feel and need to a good number of important Uppsala writers and authors from others cities in Sweden.
Echoing the voice of American writer Raymond Craver, it can be said as good or even great conductors, composers, microbiologists, ballerinas, mathematicians, visual artists, astronomers, or fighter pilots, learned their business from other and more accomplished practitioners. It is true in case of writing in fact.
No teacher or any amount of education can make a writer out of someone who is constitutionally incapable of becoming a writer in the first place. We agree with the reality as participating in workshops on creative writing, like taking classes in pottery or medicine, won’t in itself make anyone a great writer, potter or doctor it may not even make the person good at any of these things. I am convinced as American writer and teacher in creative writing John Gardenar was so that it wouldn’t hurt ones chances, either.
It is true in case of every profession. I would even say more encouragement needs in writing than young people trying to enter other profession. Here I would like to share a story with you. In a literary circle, a young talent was seriously criticised as if his short story were so worse write-up. He was disappointed and was crying under a tree at the entrance of venue. Seeing this, another important editor and author came to him and encouraged him as saying, ‘Please be convinced and have confidence in you, one day you will be great writer as you cried today, this realisation will help you a lot.. But who are returning with smiling face today, none of them will be writer.’ The name of that young talent is Syed Shamsul Haq. He is the most powerful writer in Bangladesh in the post Tagore tradition of Bengali literature. He has more than two hundred books on different literary genres to his credit. Serious realisation, devotion, commitment and power of judgement reading are must in the continual journey in writing. Orientation can make it easier for a young talent.
Nothing to be worried in the race of attempting to be a writer as there are failed policeman, politicians, generals, interior decorators, engineer, bus driver, editors, literary agents, businessman, bankers and so. This is fact and there are also failed and disillusioned writers. Orientation certainly helps talents and sometimes protects them from being failing.
This Uppsala workshop on creative writing will focus on the following basic questions and at the same time providing necessary pointers and observations to encourage Uppsala talents in the mission of literature: Am I talented enough?; How should I educate myself?; Can I make living from writing?; How can I know if I am really a writer?
When a talent can know himself as a writer, he will have nothing to be worried in the survival in his committed mission of writing. I am hopeful and convinced enough, this workshop will meet with this challenge.
by Anisur Rahman
In order to be a writer, a prospective individual talent ultimately makes his own way himself. The question arises so why one does need to go for course or workshop on creative writing. Well, the answer is simple. Course or workshop helps one in making the way becoming a writer. Such programmes help one to save his time and give him some advanced ideas. To get those he would have to wait some more years to attain by himself. This is like mapping out the ways. Choice and decision are talents’.
Without having a good voice, only orientation or huge amount of education in music cannot make one a great singer. But it can help one who has a sweet voice for music already. Without getting into orientation on music, the talent may get lose herself. Orientation is a way out for the talent for survival in music. Same reality is to be told in case of writing.
Education or orientation cannot make one to be a writer, but help him knowing how to survive in writing. It can help him to be a critical reader, to judge his own writing, to get into the network of writers, to get access of publication and media.
To succeed as a writer, one must lead a life of a writer. Orientation helps one how to do that. As one writes to expose himself to readers, orientation helps him how to expose and reach readers. One writes well, but nobody knows or reads. He hardly can survive without expected interaction or getting access to other writers and readers. Orientation helps him to get way out from this crisis.
Workshop also helps them to solve confusions. Let’s focus on my workshop at Uppsala City Library. It is a joint concern of Studieframjandet and Uppsala Kommun Culture Office. It will help the beginning writer ask what ever they feel and need to a good number of important Uppsala writers and authors from others cities in Sweden.
Echoing the voice of American writer Raymond Craver, it can be said as good or even great conductors, composers, microbiologists, ballerinas, mathematicians, visual artists, astronomers, or fighter pilots, learned their business from other and more accomplished practitioners. It is true in case of writing in fact.
No teacher or any amount of education can make a writer out of someone who is constitutionally incapable of becoming a writer in the first place. We agree with the reality as participating in workshops on creative writing, like taking classes in pottery or medicine, won’t in itself make anyone a great writer, potter or doctor it may not even make the person good at any of these things. I am convinced as American writer and teacher in creative writing John Gardenar was so that it wouldn’t hurt ones chances, either.
It is true in case of every profession. I would even say more encouragement needs in writing than young people trying to enter other profession. Here I would like to share a story with you. In a literary circle, a young talent was seriously criticised as if his short story were so worse write-up. He was disappointed and was crying under a tree at the entrance of venue. Seeing this, another important editor and author came to him and encouraged him as saying, ‘Please be convinced and have confidence in you, one day you will be great writer as you cried today, this realisation will help you a lot.. But who are returning with smiling face today, none of them will be writer.’ The name of that young talent is Syed Shamsul Haq. He is the most powerful writer in Bangladesh in the post Tagore tradition of Bengali literature. He has more than two hundred books on different literary genres to his credit. Serious realisation, devotion, commitment and power of judgement reading are must in the continual journey in writing. Orientation can make it easier for a young talent.
Nothing to be worried in the race of attempting to be a writer as there are failed policeman, politicians, generals, interior decorators, engineer, bus driver, editors, literary agents, businessman, bankers and so. This is fact and there are also failed and disillusioned writers. Orientation certainly helps talents and sometimes protects them from being failing.
This Uppsala workshop on creative writing will focus on the following basic questions and at the same time providing necessary pointers and observations to encourage Uppsala talents in the mission of literature: Am I talented enough?; How should I educate myself?; Can I make living from writing?; How can I know if I am really a writer?
When a talent can know himself as a writer, he will have nothing to be worried in the survival in his committed mission of writing. I am hopeful and convinced enough, this workshop will meet with this challenge.
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Caption: Bengali poet Syed Shamsul Haq (b. 1935) with the statue of William Shakespeare in London, 1987
Caption: Bengali poet Syed Shamsul Haq (b. 1935) with the statue of William Shakespeare in London, 1987
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