My beloved readers,
I realized I have never really spoken to you, never had one of those heart to heart chats with you. So one month and 28 chapters later, here I am, trying to breathe and look back at the journey so far.
Yes, breathe... because it has been pretty breathless so far, one chapter a day, sometimes I have written faster than you have read :)
So let's just pause for a while and rewind. Rewind to 16th April.
Every one of us has a dream, and that dream for me was to write. Write not for livelihood (I do something else to earn my bread and butter), but write for my soul. I have been writing for as long as I can remember, but in bits and pieces..or more approriately..in paragraphs and stanzas..
I have written short stories before but I have never had the courage to delve into fanfiction, and I will tell you why.
Fanfiction is tricky because you are weaving your story around characters who your readers know inside out. You cant mess with your characters or your readers will chop u too pieces (*wink). And then you have to make a commitment to write at a certain frequency which for me happens to be daily. So I never considered writing one.
Then Manan happened to me. I don't know why, where, when I fell in love with them. To be honest with you I hadn't seen them on TV (I don't really watch TV and that's another story), I just happened to search for a song and destiny brought them to me. Within a month, I had finished the entire series on youtube & FB and then I started watching season 2 and as many of you would identify with me, I was left heartbroken. It was beyond me how someone could ruin something so beautiful, how the creatives could dig their own grave and crush so many hearts. I felt angry. I needed a closure. For days I pondered over it and finally came up with the thought,
'If you can't fix it, Create it'
And I started writing, not for readers, not for accolades, not for hits and likes but for myself, out of love for the guy who shines like stars and the girl who glows like fireflies and for their love that transcends eternity.
When I started I didn't know how far I would go, I didn't know if even a single person will read my words, I didn't know if I would be able to bring Manik and Nandini to life, I didn't know whether I would be able to steal time out from my life that ticks away like clockwork.
But here I am, doing better than ok. I have my readers (I know compared to other FFs, I have a chotu sa reader base, but I was never in the race to compete) some who are graceful enough to cheer me up with their comments and some who perhaps want to say a lot but don't find the right words. But they all wait eagerly for me to post the updates.
I am doing ok, stealing time from my rides in the metro on the way to office, stealing time in between presentations and stealing time from sleep.
I am doing great learning from you all, because you are my mirror and you show me my beauty as well as my flaws.
I am doing great because I have made some friends here..
And I am doing great because I am living Manan, I am painting them in my colours :) And sometimes when some of the chapters come out good, I read them again and again just like u do and I smile to myself (*stupid me)
But it has ceased to remain just my dream, for those of u reading this, this is now a collective dream. I never really had a decent introduction, but today, I invite u all to come onboard this journey. Please feel free to drop in your ur suggestions, complaints, praises.. I cant guarantee that I would always be able to incorporate every single suggestion of yours because I already have a journey planned in my head, but I would be more than glad to know and think and tweak if required.
I have come a long way but I have far to go. Thank you very very much for your support till date. I hope you would continue supporting me. Do like and share if you feel its worthy of being shared and please keep reading. U push me to better myself every single day.
The next update will be up soon :)
Love
RK21
Edited by rk21 - 9 years ago