Thou Art a Writer!

            A dilemma faced by writes.

Everyone who reads literature and admires it aspires to become a writes one day, If not a professional one then a part timer who writes every now and then.  Whatever may be the case, one thing is for sure, we all want expression of our set of beliefs and ideals so that we get the feeling of joy and fulfillment that we are not alone and there are other crazies that support our arguments.

                                   Not everyone is as skilled as some to beautify and embellish their writings with a myriad of really complex and flowery phrases. Rather it has become a certain sort of ritual these days to write really grandiloquent and ornate sentences to show off one’s grasp on the language.  I don’t condemn the act but seriously what is more important, showing off your literary skills or conveying your message in a piece of writing that reflects you thoughts and feelings? Is it too bad to write in a simpler language that could be easily understood by all?  A question I want you to answer yourself.

         Mirza Ghalib was a great poet that belonged to the subcontinent region and so was Allama Iqbal. What is the difference between the two guys? This whole article is best exemplified by the comparison of the two poets. If you read Ghalib’s  “ghazals”  that he wrote in Urdu, one thing is common to all of them; use of simple vocabulary. But no one can deny the depth of the meaning those simple words carried. That is what makes you a great writer or poet. On the other hand, Iqbal embellished his poetry with flowery and ornate phrases. But the meanings and messages are pretty simple once you penetrate the thick hide of vocabulary in his poems. 

             So it’s up to you, be a writer that uses words that needs looking up in the dictionary or be a writer that writers in simple language but is very effective in his style. I would prefer to be the latter one because in my opinion that is a much better approach