Hello there~
I am fine. Thank
you for asking and thank you for giving such as wonderful letter. It is really
meaningful to me. Your letter gives inspiring story to learn about because
there is an important lesson inside it. The lesson that you teach me through
your letter about writing.
First, I had my breakfast (at least now when my
boarding owner kindly gives us rice to eat even with certain intention) and I
am a happy girl (until now). I am young and I am not misled by my passions and
pains (not yet). But did I learn what I am capable of now? No, I didn’t. I
don’t know what I am capable of. People said that you are capable to do more
than you can do, but how you can do more than you can when you don’t know what
you can. Never mind, back to topic. In the case of capable to learn, I would
say that I think I capable enough to learn writing. Writing is not my thing,
and I started to write for the first time when these creative writing class
started. However, I have my own reason why
I want to write so I willing to learn. The reason is secret (Only God
knows why).
Second, about
home, my family is my home. Where never my family gathering together is my
home. I live and grown up in such as ordinary family but mine was extraordinary
living peacefully in harmony (that’s what I believed). We are not rich but not so
poor also. My father worked at home, selling kites and thread while my mother
worked as cashier and never moved from her position for thirteen years but fortunately
their income can pay our education (of three sisters) until university level.
Enough about
home, I prefer talking about writing. My writing level is too low. I am not a social
girl that used to write their diary daily or a diligent student that used to
write their lesson’s notes tidily. Actually, I have such a determination and
intention to write after getting inspired by film for example a Japanese
romantic film about a husband who write a thousand sci-fi stories for his
cancer survival’s wife entitled 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife. It was a boring
melodramatic film but meaningful as it is based on true story then I’m inspired
to write a story but not continued until the end as I getting bored of it. Then
I read a story about a young Jewish girl who have to hide under the Nazis power
who suppress her life entitle the diary of Anne Frank. It was really great and
touching story and later I told myself to write a diary of daily life like her
but again as I bored and having so much activity the diary became forgotten. Well,
lazy and bored is part of my bad side (really bad). These two things prevented
me to life as writer type.
I agreed about the
statement that writing is not just about choosing the right word. Even Choosing
the right word is important but there are more things considered as a writer. The
things like strong will, ready to take a risk, experience of something, and perception
building might as well as influence to write. The last thing as mentioned are good
knowledge by understanding of grammar in building up a rich vocabulary also become
the important part. Even I am bad in grammar (as you can see through my writing)
but boldly I will always say that I really willing to learn writing no matter
what and how. In conclusion, writing is considered as part of my life so the willingness
to learn is in my must-to-do list. Even not for now, it might be useful for my
future (who knows).
Yogyakarta,
March 19, 2013
Me
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