GET PUBLISHED AND GET REWARDED
Recently I watched an interesting Mexican soap (and as you know, there are many interesting Mexican soaps out there), I began to wonder how many readers would be reached should each of those popular soaps gets published. Apart from this, an individual person has much mental power than she or he ever imagines. You never can know until you start writing.
Life is short, but your mental prowess and real life experiences can leave a legacy that would endure for generations to come. I was once walking through a local street, and I saw some people gathered together, feeling solemn and sober. What were they doing? They were burying a corpse in front of a house (that was the last wish of the deceased). However, when I walked further a little, I saw happy people – joyous people. What were they doing? They were naming a newborn baby according to the local custom. Such is life: some are sad and some are happy. Some are being buried and some are being named as babies.
Isn’t that intriguing? The deceased one that was being buried that day was once a kid, with several wonderful decades ahead of him. And realistically, the newborn baby would be buried one day, preferably as someone who has grown up and has become old before death comes. Such are the realities of life, and there’s no way around that.
But you may ask, what’s so special about this? Now, the one who was buried that day could have great ideas, inspirations and works that could have died with her/him if he didn’t publish them, whereas the new baby that was being named that day could grow up and touch many hearts and souls with his ideas. Think of the late Chinua Achebe when he was writing Things Fall Apart, he probably wasn’t aware of how great the book would be. He was one of the best writers that have ever come from Africa. Also Leo Tolstoy is remembered for his two great novels. He’s viewed as one of the greatest novelists in history, but he probably didn’t know that those two novels could achieve such rare fame.
On April 30, 2013, it became exactly 10 years since one ace radio presenter, comedian and entertainer, Gbenga Adeboye, breathed his last. He’s long dead, but his works (which were published posthumously and before he died) are still making impact. Have you read the Diary of Latoya Hunter? Latoya was only doing what he thought was necessary: she was just keeping a diary of her day-to-day experience. Little did she know that the Diary would shoot her into limelight. There are more and more examples.
Have you passed through some intriguing experiences? Do you have great stories in you? Can you write small or big novels? Do you have any ideas that can be published? You may never know how talented you’re until you start writing. One of the greatest legends in the entertainment industry confessed that he always didn’t know what he could write until he started writing. As soon as he started writing, awesome ideas and thoughts would begin to come in copiously? This fact may also be true of you.
Got original and fabulous ideas, personal experiences, stories and inspirations? Then get published and get rewarded for it. For more information, please visit: www.literactworld.com.
Azeez Mustapha
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