Writer's Hat

Writer's Hat

BY

MURALI MURTHY

Jayanth couldn't control his emotions and is elated as he just hung up a call that he received from Nirvana Films who offered him to write the script for their next Project starring Yash.
Jayanth gets busy writing for the movie over the next few weeks.

Jayanth is invited to attend a Literature Fest, where he meets Poornachandra.

"Sir, am a big fan of your works...I am Jayanth, am a writer"
"Who doesn't know you Jayanth...I know your works, have heard the songs you have written in many movies..."
"Thank you sir. It's an honour just to know that you have seen my work"
"You are very talented Jayanth. I am not much into Movie Songs, but I hear few songs because of the great lyrics it had. I wanted to get your contact and congratulate you, but somehow that didn't happen till now"
"I can't express how happy and lucky I am. It means a lot to hear this from such a great writer"
"Your work is worth all the good words you hear from me and others. So, what are you writing these days?"
"I have been busy writing for few movies now, I am also part of a new project from Nirvana Films, with whom I was eager to work for a very long time"
"Glad to know about your success, and best wishes"
"Thank you Sir. If I may ask you, what brings you joy, any particular topic you write about makes you happy?"
"Nothing in particular...infact I do not like or enjoy writing many things. Sometimes for commercials reasons We might have to pen down something. What I love doing as a Writer, is when I write for myself"
"Write for yourself?"
"Yes, I write for myself...I let my thoughts go free in those writings, no rules, no one to tell me the Intent/agenda/objective...it can be Anything, social, political, religious, story. I just write Anything I want, that brings me satisfaction. I usually don't publish them, I keep it for myself or let my close contacts read about it"
"Wow, that's something..I was always waiting for someone to give me work to write"
"Try it, write for yourself. Let yourself loose and start living the characters you write."

After an insightful conversation with his idol and someone whom he looks upon to, Jayanth quickly finishes all his work commitments and sits on to write...Jayanth choses to start presenting certain pearls of wisdoms, in form of short stories.

Jayanth starts with a key principle that he practices and preaches in his life, to put right efforts and right skills to succeed and there are no short cuts.

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Akash, A young man from a small town finishes his education and migrates to Mumbai to build a successful career. After 5 years of struggles, he finds himself in a mediocre job, rude boss and a salary with which he can't make ends meet in Mumbai, forget sending money back home.

He changed 3 Jobs in 5 years, yet saw failures and dejected in life.
After some coaxing by his parents, Akash returns back to his hometown and takes up another mediocre job with much lesser salary.

Akash is desperate to make it big, visits many temples and prays for change in luck and fortunes.
In one such temple visits, Akash meets a well known spritual Guru - Sri Vasantananda.
Akash falls to the Guru's feet and seeks his blessings.
Akash explains his unsuccessful career and seeks Guru's blessings "Guruji, whats the secret of success. Please do something tell me theagic words that will help me make it big in my Career. I need some miracle, I am tired of trying."
Sri Vasantananda patiently listens to Akash, and asks him to meet him in the Morning by the River.

An excited Akash reaches the river side early in the morning, with a hope that Guruji will perform some ritual or give him some spiritual stuff that could change his life.

Sri Vasantananda arrives and asks Akash to join him and take a dip in the water.
As Akash takes a dip, Guruji pushes him inside the water forcefully. Akash is shocked and in pain, as he is forced inside the water. Akash is choking and is struggling, after 30 seconds Akash doesn't feel the pressure anymore, and pulls himself out of the Water and gasps for air and regains back his senses.

Before Akash could reach and ask questions, Guruji goes "What did you want the most when you were under water?"
"Air"
"That is the secret of Success. When you want success as badly as you needed Air inside the Water, you will fight it out and get it.
That's the secret of success"

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As Jayanth starts to think of ways to end his short story, he hears a voice "Seriously? Is that how you want to convey a message?"
"Who is it?"
"It's me"
"Who? Where are you? I don't see anyone around"
"It's me, Vasantananda"
"What? Who is it? Is this a joke"
"It's really me Jayanth, your own creation"
"What? I just wrote this story and named a character, how could anyone know"
"That's what I am saying, I am your character"
"Is it me thinking, or is it truly the character I just created in a story talking to me?"
"I leave it to you...I am here to ask you the way you made me do things and rather a rude way to convey a moral"
"You are my creation, and I think this is how I want you to do."
"Is this how you want to encourage someone or help someone seeking your help"
"As a Writer, I just go with the flow of the story or the topic...We writers never come up with a plan or think through the entire work before actually writing."
"You mean to say, your creativity is natural?"
"I think so...I can talk on behalf of all writers, our mind is wired to think on the go. I just start with basic framework, and the topic / story keeps building on It's own"
"Where do you get inspiration or idea to start a new topic/story?"
"Inspiration is derived from what we hear, feel, dreams, movies, web series, instances in life or just life experience. I am confident of writing about anything and everything, take a very small idea or instance and build an entire story around it.
Like how Murali Murthy is writing this story as we speak, where even I am a character in his story, came up with all these conversations you and me is having, just like that without pre-planning"
"Oh, you mean even you are like me..just a character?"
"Yes, I am Murali's imagination. All three of us are just living in his mind, talking in his mind. That's what Mr. Poornachandra meant when he said when you write something passionately, you start living the character...the characters come alive"
"So, what was Murali's idea of this story?"
"Murali was always inspired with the brilliant concept of the movie Inception. He just wanted to write something with multi layered, stories woven inside another. And here he is, in the third layer of the writing.
From a Writer's point of view, he has linked himself with 2 layers inside and that's where it ends. The story is more from creative exploration point of view, to see the limits of how ideas can be given birth in real time and progressed as a readable content".