I love everyone who reads my stories and takes the time to drop in a word, a line, a like or a paragraph, a poem, some spam, words that make me tear up and smile, laugh and fly.
But as a writer, I must say that I am the one who falls short of appreciating just how much those who read and leave their comments and criticism behind do for me. I think very honestly that at least in this medium - I as a writer get more out of this equation than a reader.
An amateur just trying to test a skill she has chanced upon can ask for nothing more than
a reader who stays with her through months as her story unfolds - feeling every emotion the writer wants her to feel and still staying because she is just as committed to the journey as the writer is.
a reader who doesnt shy away from telling the writer what isn't working
a reader who says even if just one word, chapter after chapter without fail
a reader who spams the writer's thread with just one request - an update
a reader who fights for the story as if it was born from her own mind
a reader who fights with the story to make it better, more enriching
a reader who lavishes praise without any expectation and continues to do so chapter after chapter
a reader who reads silently as she does and yet does so without fail
There are moments when self doubt rears its head and I wonder if these readers are still around or if I or my story have driven them away.
It is you, dear reader, who brings me back from there.
I am sorry if I ever hurt any of you
It was never my intention
And never what I wanted to do
Life comes but with its own vagaries
I offer no excuses but just a little thought
I may not know how to make you feel special
I know, however, this much
I am ever so thankful, for all you've brought
Geet - Hui Sabse Parayee
Advocate Anjali Awasthi
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