First of all, I am missing our prominent authors including @surrealfia @simplifylife @rehan12 and many others. Not to mention the Head clerk. Sara, Rafia too. Hopefully, they will be back soon despite the odds.
I can sense the frustration and anger of Mr Editor; at the same time, I may not. Let's not debate on that but the thing is, being present in this little space of ours for 97 times straight isn't a joke. We are grateful to you for your contribution and hopefully, we have the right to humbly request you continue this for a few more years, even decades :)
I don't know if I have fallen for this Anna girl, but I am sure her words have kept me seized since a long time ago. I envy the spontaneity she offers through her words, plot, and overall vibe of the story, poem, or whatever she writes. Sometimes, you could teach me @annabeth. You have to.
Writer's block is real and I have suffered several times from it. But this thread thing might work against the writer's block I guess. When I am affected but my soul aches for writing something on Hive, I read a lot. I believe you are into reading too, still, if that persists, scroll down the photo gallery of your smartphone. Somewhere there has to be a story visualised waiting for you to start writing about.
p.s. not professional advice @drivingindevon
There is joy in reading classics, especially if you can put yourself in the context. But the languages often block fluency and I find it irritating enough if there is none around to help me out understanding the word/sentence. But that literature-reading period is almost over for me, I don't particularly enjoy reading top-notch literary pieces, rather, I'd prefer contemporary writer-ups inspired by ancient events. Literature goes with you tbh @notacinephile bro
You are spot on @riz611 bro, at every point you've mentioned. It doesn't have to be blood, but rather the understanding and trust shared between the parties to form a meaningful relationship. And there will always be someone to backstab you no matter what. Even our prophet (sm) couldn't escape from such individuals despite his noble character. So, we better be careful with whom we share our thoughts and secrets than be sorry later.
That's some big words coming from you and you don't know how much it implies to me, while I'm recently struggling with picking up my mind whenever I tried to write something.
And I don't know about teaching, but I have way too many things to learn from the seniors including you.@r-nyn 😊
What I can teach is how to make excuses; so you better stay away from me :P
And when I say you have a thing with the use of words, know that I mean it. Keep it coming 🙂
Like the little group we have right here haha. No blood relation, but family indeed. 🖤
You got that right bro. I just picked up One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez because I needed to read something that has the right amount of philosophy with a bit of magical surrealism thrown in between. So far it has been going well. If you are into that, you can check it out too. We can be reading buddies since no one else has yet to agree reading it with me -,-
Hopefully this one will help. Otherwise I'll have to get into the picture shuffling thing.
I have had this book shortlisted for many YEARS. Unfortunately, still didn't get a chance to make it to the pages; thousands of excuses are blocking my good intention to read.
But I will, soon. Not right now.
I am a bad "reading buddy," either I don't respect the rules or am too shallow to digest the vibe profoundly. In most cases, I finish reading anything way faster than buddies. So, no thank you; some other day 😞
I do read some contemporary works though, but they are almost all non-fiction.
Non-fiction doesn't arouse the thing in me, actually. But they do share a tangible vision towards life through simple words.