AM I REALLY A WRITER?

 

AM I REALLY A WRITER?

Written By Michael c. Samuel.

I have worked out myself, I have tried all I learned from renowned writers, I also paid to get knowledge on how this industry is working but all my efforts are fruitless.

I have seen so many writers on this platform doing wonderfully well, even those I know my contents are better than are also beating me hands down.

I am not competing with them but that's the truth.

I have decided to stop writing but the force behind me couldn't allow me to have my peace. I have chosen to let go of my pen but I kept hearing strange voices calling my name.

I dared to stay put but I wasn't treated like other writers. What is it I have not done? I have spent my night rest staring at my laptop just to give clarity to people. I put my health in the line to see that others are healthy but then what did I get in return.

A shattered and bleeding heart I got. My dreams have been annihilated and my whole struggle to the peak has been eradicated.

My friends are mocking and calling me names that don't justify my profession. I have become a laughing shock in my community.

Each time I passed, I'd hear something like this, the hungry writer is coming and they will laugh at me. Some will ever have the momentum to ask if it is like this Chimamanda, Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Eno Sam, etc, did till the world began to hear of their names.

I have been thinking since all this while. Why my own has become a thing of mockery while my mentors are breaking more new grounds from the same industry. I have also asked myself, what is it I am not doing well?

Things are becoming very critical for me and right now I am considering calling it a quit. I think I have suffered enough, I don't want to be mocked or make a jest of anymore.

I kept on asking myself if I am a writer, even as I am writing this, the same question kept on resounding on my head but it's weird, I haven't gotten an answer ever since I started imposing this question on myself.

And all these are what someone somewhere is doing right now.

Hey, I don't know you in person but I know that you are conversant with my article then I pray this got to you, and guess what? I am writing this letter to encourage you.

Hear me, I know what you have passed through from the hands of those who are not even better than you but considering to stop what you are doing is an error, since you have found out that it is your purpose.

I advise you today since you have asked yourself a question like this: what is it you are not doing right, go back to your articles, read them over and over again, then exhale and move to those great persons you are admiring or wanting to be like them. 

Go to their timeline, calm your tempo down for their intimidating likes and comments on their posts and study their works.

Hey, don't get me wrong here, I didn't say you should copy their style, just be calm and study the way they're playing with words and how they join words together.

I haven't told you this secret, Oya, open you hear now. Do you know that most times those people you are killing yourself to be like are also admiring your works but sometimes their ego wouldn't allow them to speak it up?

Know it today that you are even better than those people getting more likes and comments on their posts but why it is the way you are seeing it now, is because they ran before you and they have built a trusted audience which you need in your career.

Giving up on your pen because you're fad off by what people are saying is like giving them license to insult and mock you even more.

Dare to cope when all hope is gone.

Dare to survive when you have seen your death.

Dare to achieve your goals when you aren't seeing them coming.

Just dare to shame the shame that comes for you.

Lastly, I want to openly let you know that you are indeed a great writer whose many souls have been healed and liberated from the contents you are creating.

Souls are been deliver and lives are been restored through your work.

Even when they are not appreciating it, I want you to know today that people are watching you. I, Michael c. Samuel am also watching you.

Don't forget to Dare your failure because when you dare, you conquer.

#youarelimitless

I'm Michael c. Samuel.

An inspirational writer.