(This is a guest author article.)

There's one thing I've realized since I decided to start guest blogging on UV: the more you write, the more you want to write.

I also have a theory on writing — it is an extremely useful technique to clarify vague thoughts, but sometimes writing down ideas can also be very limiting and confined to what can be expressed in words. But I've often noticed that even if I have strong and very clear views on a particular subject, I have a lot of difficulty in expressing them in words which convey exactly what I feel about that subject. I've often rejected blog posts because on reading them again, I could hardly recognize my own ideas in them. Sometimes one is so engrossed in building up a coherent theme that the real message gets buried. Very often thoughts aren't easily expressible in coherent terms. And because thoughts = ideas + feelings, they don't easily translate into a written format.

I think that's why writing is such an important and critical skill. By practicing writing down exactly what we think, we can fine-tune the process of thinking itself, but we also need to be careful not to let our writing dominate the freedom of thought. It's so easy to reject an idea because it doesn't translate well into words. But I believe that the biggest challenge is not only to accept complex and inexpressible ideas, but to put them down in simple, understandable language.

Now that is what I call true literary creativity. We all strive for it, but only the greatest authors manage to attain that level. The key is to enjoy the journey as much as the anticipated goal.

That's enough intellectual hogwash for a day. Have a great weekend, all!

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