Excerpts from the talk in bits and pieces, as it flashes in my memory:
"so what are u gonna do?"
" lots.. like start writing again!"
" wow... really?"
" yeah, i want to... but am worried about my vocabulary!"
" stop it! yours is fine only!"
" its not.. you ll realise it only if u sit and think. mine is getting bad"
" whatever, its just an excuse!"
" I need to do some home work then! my laziness is well known"
" I ll tell you something, your 'licence to live' was brilliant!both content and vocabulary wise. but a bit too sentimental"
" hmmm.. but that happened just out of the blue! i couldnt control it"
" well, thats ok. you need not use the most uncommon words for writing a novel. you just have to make the person feel what you intend to.
" yeah, seems logical!"
"i feel you must give a master piece next year!"
" hmmmm... master piece? ha ha fat chance!"
" well, what are you thinking of writing next? "
" second novel? havent thought of a subject yet!"
" really?! dont you have any ideas?"
" ideas? yeah, quite a handful of them. But nothing so convincing that i am sure about!"
" hmmmm... why dont u first decide on something!"
" I am not getting the inspiration, you know! The theme, I mean!"
" how do u get the inspiration actually!"
" ha ha. good question. usually by looking around! the world around me gives me a theme to expand on!"
silence.
" so you arent getting anything that excites you enough!"
"true!"
silence again.
" why do you always look for inspiration around!?"
"... err.. what do you mean?"
" why do are searching around, when you have it in you!"
"......."
" you are the inspiration! why dont u think on these lines..."
" well... interesting!"
" why dont u write about your life? i mean, based on your experiences in life!"
" I... you mean me? will it be that exciting on paper? "
" why cant it be. yours is a roller coaster ride for sure! even with little as i know, i can tell that for sure"
" but, you know, i cant come out with every other side of my personal life!"
" you need not. Take your artistic liberties in that. Just base it on your true experiences!"
" kind of semi-fiction, you mean?!"
" exactly! "
" but that demands lots and lots of work!"
" a good novel demands it, right!?"
" i cant do justice to it, without writing some 500+ pages!"
" do justice then! : ) "
" will a linear story telling strategy work out. will the story board create interest at all!"
" hey, you are the author. you must make it innovative..."
" hmmm... well let me think!"
" your life is like full of twists! make those more exciting!"
" great! i got it!"
" whats that?"
" suspence!"
" for me? you....."
" yeah for you too..."
" go to hell!"
well, i took a paper and drew some lines on it.
" its a clue on the strategy am going to use for this one. read it if u can!"
" lemme see it.. hmmm.. int..resting! maybe i can guess!"
" keep guessing! hey, will someone have the patience or confidence in me to read such a huge novel, however exciting i make it!"
" true.. thats an issue to be sorted out!"
silence.
" it ll take a long time too! "
" yeah, with your kind of schedule, its gonna be tough! very tough, to be frank! you should make sure you shouldnt stop in the middle!"
" hmmm..."
" so...!"
" i have got it. a single solution for both the problems!"
"really!"
" i am not gonna write it! "
" what? ... shit"
" yeah, i m not gonna write it! i am gonna blog it!"
" wowww..."
" true, it going to be a big one. But i m going to blog it in parts- a chapter or half, to be updated every week or so!"
" brilliant! but you have to hold on.. the risk is that you are commiting yourself to it in public! you cant back out for lack of time!"
" i understand. i beleive i ll keep it going. and keep it exciting!"
" wonderful! start with the rough sketch and the first draft right away!"
" sure!"
" hey, i know it'll easily be your best. i ll be waiting!"
" I promise you - its gonna be a ' a biography of sorts- blending fact and fantasy!"
" biography!??"
" ya.. of a person, just like me!!! :)"
