Successful Writer

Muslim Murasu, July 2013

Writers in initial stages are preoccupied about getting published. Writings should go on print. First objective is met there.
Now there will be aversion towards writings by others. “No one here knows writing”. Pretentious conviction will give rise to disparaging remarks about various forms like articles, poems and short stories and lead to headweight. There is no one for Tamil other than me. Now the writer has moved to the next level. Writer should not fall to narcissism.
I am a drop in the ocean. This mentality will give longevity to the job of creation. A hundred, thousand or perhaps a lakh or more intellectuals work for the upliftment of Tamilnadu. I am privileged to be one among them.
Achievers and stalwarts have gone with the time. This is one of the wonders of this world. We should work as a link in a long and glorious legacy. Anaaniyat, self-obsession, arrogance and haughtiness will lead to ruin.
Marketing culture is on the rise in literary world for the past fifty years. A creator can get introduced to a small circle. Hundred crore rupees of publicity stunt is needed to get introduced to entire Tamilnadu.
People doing rounds in politics and cinema become popular very easily. A creator should not compete with them. It is a waste of talent.
There are rules for a successful writer. He should urge many others to read. He should create his successors. He should meet champions of various fields and introduce the world of books to them.
God bestows the capacity of a million people on a writer. Writer gets the capacity to run the world. Position, title, power and popularity are irrelevant. Writer knows the art of converting heart. ‘Ya mukallibul quloob’. God has the attribute of turning hearts. A writer coming as a representative of God will elevate human hearts towards supremacy. This makes it easy to identify a successful writer.