Short Stories
Certainly, writing needs ideas but where do these ideas come from? Definitely, through experiences. Experiences of your life in which either you have learned or you haven’t learned much, but that becomes a part of your memories.
Your friends, your acquaintances, your colleagues, and most important the community on social media; all of them are part of your learning every day.
My viewpoint is a bit different, and whether you agree with it or not, you must see your interests in your childhood.
A Short Story of School Days:
I was promoted to the next grade and received some books from the school management. We were happy to have books for free as they didn’t have much pocket money to buy any. The first book I received was a book of short stories with colorful pictures.
The next day, the teacher asked someone to read out a story and I volunteered and read the whole story. We tried to answer the teacher’s questions and I did my best. The teacher assigned homework to read the next story, and when I said that I had already read the whole book, the teacher didn’t believe me. When I answered the teacher’s questions and told him that I actually liked how the pictures fit the stories in the book.
It developed my interest in painting and reading other short stories which had pictures in them.
We loved to wait for English movies, such as Star Track, Chips, Lucy, and cartoons of Pink Panther and Tom and Jerri got a special touch in my childhood. During my early teens, I watched English movies and tried to write the stories in my own way though they were full of errors.
My three hobbies:
1. Stamp collecting
2. Reading short stories, and
3. Painting
It made me busy all the time. I tried to finish my homework first so that I could get time for my hobbies. Later, fishing and playing cricket took much time, and could not manage all of them simultaneously.
Only reading and painting were left with me and I enjoyed much of the time. During the pandemic coronavirus spell, I jumped to online social media.
Another Short Incident
It was summer vacation when my family planned to visit the town for some shopping. “No. You can’t go.” I badly insisted but was strictly refused. As they left, I ran from the house and tried to intercept them on the road. I took the way from the rice fields and reached about half of the way. I was disappointed and decided to come back.
It took me almost two to three hours. On the way back, on my stroll back, I noticed the huge thick trees, the chirping of birds, playing puppies, tireless framers, a shallow pond, chicks with a fluffy mother hen, and lush green fields. Everything inspired me.
It was quite a different experience in the company of nature. A cluster of blue eggs of red-wattled lapwing (called Titoli in Asia) in the field was the most fascinating sight. I met with a coiled snake underneath a brick as I picked up it. I placed back and hurried home, watching the great panorama of the sunset.
It’s just my humble perspective for those writers who want to try to become writers in the age of AI.
They have got great opportunities to read great writers such as Benjamin Hardy, Walter Rhein, Ayodeji Avosika, Zat Rana, and many others on Medium and Hubpages platforms to test themselves.
Thanks for reading, I hope to see you at the top of the writers’ list soon!
