Morning folks......
"There comes a point in every man's life"....nope too cliched......
How do I start.......what would make the editor of chillibreeze sit up , keep his/her cigar aside and exclaim in joyous exuberance that they have hit gold finally.....
Maybe an article about contemporary Indian politics.......but what if the writer(i.e me) is unaware of that......Though making sarcastic comments on politicians and provoking the common man by giving him wild conspiracy theories to discuss over the evening tea is every writers dream.....I don't have the necessary raw material to poke fun at politicians....
What else now.....Maybe the market is hungry only for serious writers....one who wears horn-rimmed glasses....has a few strands of hair on his head bearing testimony to the harsh life that accompanies every literary pursuit......and the one who writes about things that matter....
But what about light comic relief........Though some may believe the market is less inclined towards it... ....all of us can do with a good laugh....
Consider this Mr/Mrs/Ms.Editor.....you are ploughing through scores of literature......ranging from a report showing the population explosion in Assam to the articles by young fashionistas of wannabe Milan ......
You assimilate,absorb and decide who is worthy enough to fill the pages of chilibreeze with their spicy additions.....but consider this ...NOBODY...I repeat.... nobody.... attempts an article about writing to the editor the importance of priniting an article that I guess speaks about "nothing".......
"Nothing" in the sense that though it pretends to be article it falls shy of it by being non-committal about its objective, it neither preaches nor scorns at the preacher.It just is.....existing for the sole purpose of providing literary satisfaction to its creator and to provide a moment of comic interlude to the hard working intelligentsia who otherwise are involved in things that makes them look comic.....
Weird as it may sound ....I did not find these genre....it found me....however hard I may try....its practically impossible for me to take up anything seriously other than writing comic anecdotes.....
You will better understand my position when I describe the phases in my literary career.....Initially I thought I would write a novel which would create a light,breezy ...humorous utopia for all the hardworking folks who really don't feel like worrying about global issues once they have returned from their corporate slave-house ......
I though it would be easy...so after returning home from my corporate slave-house...I sat down with the serious intent of writing a humorous novel...something akin to a P.G.Wodehouse or a Jerome.K.Jerome...
But then I realised what is a good story withput the blood chilling murders , the mysterious oriental daggers and the good ol' sex motifs......
So finally my wannabe humorous , light,breezy novel changed course and assumed a frightening,spine chilling,suspense novel with a hero who relied basicaly on wisecracks to cover his shortcomings....(please dont draw parrallels here between the writer and the hero)....
The point here is the grossly misunderstood, neglected genre of "Nonsensical humour" has lost its existence among a sea of grossly overrated serious novels.....
So by accepting my article you will not only be saving the writer of a dying clan....but also give a shot in the arm to a dying "genre" itself.......
P.S: I hope this article serves as a resume for me as well...as I genuinely know nothing about any topic in detail.....but can turn my hands to anything...as I love variety and the superficial knowledge of weird/vague branches of science......something which inspires me to write .......
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