I have written this for writers

In college, we had this ridiculous subject called Positive Psychology. It was something about concentrating on human flourishing rather than mental illness. It was the Sesame Street of psychology. Anyway, one of the assignments I got for the subject was to write a letter of gratitude to someone who had made my life a little more bearable. I had many choices in mind, my parents, JK Rowling, my cousins and friends. I don't remember who I finally wrote it to but I wrote it in a hurry. But today I feel like thanking the person who really made a difference to my life.
I'm talking to you, the one who chose to push her fantasies into reality. The one who yawned when his parents said "Become a *insert conventional job*' The one who thinks knowing the English alphabet is all the tool you need to make a living. Im talking to you,the writer.
You write, think, write some more,backspace,write again,proof-read,and send across your creation into the world. Well I don't need to go into the details of how hard your job is, you know it already.
All I want to say is thank you. Thank you for enduring the mental constipation that is writing. Thank you for being hooked on to the adrenaline rush of an article well-written. Thank you for giving us your work. Your work has made me a little happier, a little more thoughtful and a little more intelligent and aware.
Brainpickings, Buzzfeed, Thoughtcatalog and many of my friends that I am grateful to know have given me the greatest gift anyone can ever give another person.Writing in long-form can sometimes be a thankless job. Especially when everything a writer wants to say can be summarized in a meme. Especially when writing is seen as a pre-production task and not as an end product (like in Youtube Videos). There are many distractions that it has to contend with to get reader attention. But I beg you to not care about any of that, and just do what you do best. Write! And don't stop!
 So thanks yaar.

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