It’s so fashionable to write. People suddenly start giving
you more respect, see you as one of those ‘intellectual’ lots, who has a point
of view, and who can pen it down. Likewise I wanted to be a part of this lot,
to be looked up to, and to be respected for the words that get typed.
Initially I thought that I should be in the field of
journalism, where I get to write, and then see it published. However, this
thought remains with me only… even still. I did nothing about it, and got into
this beautiful glamour world of advertising, thinking it might be a better
place to show my talent.
However, advertising is a maze in itself. Most people here don’t
know what they are doing, why they are doing, what made them join advertising,
and now since you have already got a taste of this life, what’s next in store. Advertising people are
clueless. And all they know is advertising. Most of them have considered
various other job profiles in advertising itself, instead of pursuing what they
are currently doing. Like I have friends who are in Account management [Client
servicing is such an abusive word], and they have joined Art direction, Copy
writing and even Film production.
So basically advertising gives you that levy where you are
not stuck at once place.
But I am yet to figure out my interests. And writing being
the closest to my heart, decide that maybe someday I will after all become a
copywriter. Good or bad, but surely one of those ‘lots’. First step to this is
ensuring the brief I wrote was interesting. Slowly I realized that no one
actually read the brief apart from me. And so I thought maybe I should take up
some menial jobs like writing brochure copy. But then the copywriters think I am
from client servicing, and obviously not a trained writer, so basically
whatever I type would be bull shit or close to it.
This undying spirit of mine which craves to type, to make
sense, and to be of the intellectual lot then decided that maybe a blog is the
answer to the start of my writing career.
So here is my blog. Now let’s see how much further this takes
me.
Happy writing.
