{"id":6018,"date":"2020-04-02T22:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T14:59:32","slug":"an-aspiring-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2020\/04\/02\/an-aspiring-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"An aspiring writer."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rono - Main Aur Tum (Official Visual)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3Yz6J3SucM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Rono &#8211; Main Aur Tum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center\"><p><\/p><p>\u201cWe are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing &#8211; an actor, a writer &#8211; I am a person who does things &#8211; I write, I act &#8211; and I never know what I&#8217;m going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.\u201d<\/p><cite><strong>Stephen Fry<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To an aspiring writer, there&#8217;s nothing more perplexing &amp; paralyzing  than an empty page and blinking cursor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dull. White. Asking for attention! Freezing. Powerful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brain vomit<\/strong> is inevitable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without-a-doubt, I&#8217;ve been in this avenue so many times. In the word of one of my mentor, the author of one of my most favorite book &#8212; <em>T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield-ebook\/dp\/B007A4SDCG\">he War of Art<\/a><\/em>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/\">Mr. Steven Pressfield<\/a><\/strong>; He calls it <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/?s=resistance\">Resistance<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also adds that the thing you ought to be doing when you have \u2018<em>resistance<\/em>\u2019 is just show up and do the work.&nbsp;<strong>Begin!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/intellectual-giants\/charlie-munger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Munger<\/a>&nbsp;best described it as \u2018assiduity\u2019. Read&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/10-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-like-investment-icon-charlie-munger-2017-2#prepare-now-for-trouble-in-the-future-9\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>&nbsp;interesting article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This might surprise you to know that even as i write this,&nbsp;<strong>writing\u200a\u2014\u200ascares the shit out of me<\/strong>. Well, scary, numbing, because I care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might surprise you even more as I now openly confront to the fact that the first time I ever used <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>F<\/strong> &#8211; bomb was only on mid of twenty seventeen. Trust me it was fudging scary! Plus, let me tell you, I&#8217;m deeply aware when I drop one in any of my writing. Without resistance. Without hesitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose, organic to plastic. Authentic to conforming. Un-filtered to fabricated. Deliberate to careless. Imperfect to sugary. Substance to substitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, writing is difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I wanted to write about <strong>infidelity<\/strong>. I wanted to pen on <strong>the must virtues of a true man in love<\/strong>. I also wanted to write about <a href=\"https:\/\/ibb.co\/RbftGPg\">this<\/a>. I wanted to write about my Work From Home experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps some other day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, as my twitter handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/8ijayshrestha\">@8ijayshrestha<\/a> suggests &#8212; <strong>Verb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An aspiring writer, it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Food for thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bonus, I want to give away one last thing which I&#8217;m sure, you won&#8217;t regret. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take your time to read <a href=\"https:\/\/austinkleon.com\/2015\/07\/22\/the-noun-and-the-verb\/\">this short snippet<\/a> from Mr. Austin Kleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duly fathom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span> \u201cWe are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing &#8211; an actor, a writer &#8211; I am a person who does things&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2020\/04\/02\/an-aspiring-writer\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An aspiring writer.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6018"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6039,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions\/6039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}