“Dear Wadar! What have you planned for your future journey and what do you want to be in your life?” asked Wadar’s teacher after a thorough observation of 10 years of his school life.
“Yes, Sir! I am very much interested in journalism and I have planned to be a journalist to highlight the country’s issues for their resolution,” Wadar replied confidently.
“Oh, a journalist! Wow! That is really superb and you have to work hard for the improvement of your writing plus confidence skills so that you must not face hardships in your future. Do you know writing is much essential for being a journalist and I could observe your writing which is somehow weak. Work on it and make it standard,” suggested the teacher.
“Sir, may I get some of the patterns for the improvement of my writing skill? How can I be able to make my writing of goof standard?” asked Wadar.
“Yes, why not? There are several ways to improve your writing skill and make it of good standard. Firstly, before being a writer you have to be a reader to gain knowledge and ideas about things. If you won’t read a lot then you will fail to write, since your ideas and knowledge will be limited which pushes you backwards. Secondly, you have to read a newspaper daily for building your knowledge about the issues which are occurring in this globe. Whenever you read something from the newspaper, then you have to pen down your ideas and opinions as a reference to send them back which improves your gaining power. There are columns of letters, articles and references. If your ideas will be strong enough then they will accept and publish them in the newspaper. It has many advantages, that you can be able to collect ideas by article, practice your writing skill as reference or letter writing and possible to be published if standard or publishable. It is the only sign which actually motivates the young students to make their reading plus writing power strong. Never forget to practice your writing, at least everyday you should read something and go for writing that in your diary. Always read the famous writer’s books and observe their writing methods that how have they written their books or a story or something else’s. But, never give up at the middle. Keep practicing and one day you will judge how your writing became improved.”
The teacher provided some patterns and encouraged him to read more to be a better writer.
“Thanks sir for opening my mind to read and making me aware about a new method to improve my writing skill. From now on, I will practice the tips to be a better writer.”
He became happy and wrote down the suggested tips in his diary.
Wadar was a student of college who always read newspaper, magazines, and general books at free time. Whenever he completed reading something then he closed that and start writing whatever he had gotten from the written piece. This became a habit of him and the teachers always supported him. They told him the pattern of sending his writings to the newspaper as short stories, letters and references.
After the duration of six months, he became able to publish his writings in an English newspaper. Everyone appreciated him for his first success and motivated him to keep moving on for getting the next achievement. It was a Saturday on 28th of August 2016 as that day was considered as the most happiest day for Wadar whose first short story got published in a magazine. At first he wasn’t aware about the publication, as surprisingly his previous school teacher came at college and entered in the class with a newspaper and said,
“Many Many Congratulations to Mr Wadar Noor for publishing his first story in an international Magazine about “Stop Cheating Yourself” and please put your hands together for a huge round of applause for him. We are really proud of you and your contributions for achieving an excellent achievement in your life. Keep rocking up and show the power of pen in this world.” After the announcement Sir Shakeel gave a surprise gift and the magazine to him and wished him for his success.
He continued his hard work and brought multiple changes and improvements in his life. He maintained his hard work for fulfilling his desire to be a journalist and work in media. Wadar became one of the best newspaper writers who got a lot of awards from the newspaper’s side. Finally, he applied for the test of journalism and became the topper at the first attempt. He fulfilled his desire successfully and became a shiny start who highlighted the issues of poor and fulfilled their basic necessities to live a happy life in the country. I was the only power of pen who used it at the correct place to save the humanity and save them from being lost in darkness. Wadar didn’t only think about himself rather he thought about the humanity as he learnt to be skillful and proved to love the humanity and save them from hardships.
The writer teaches at DELTA and can be reached at [email protected]
Published in Daily Times, February 13th 2019.