On Writing

  You're a born writer does not mean that you were born with magnificent writing skills.No,it means that you born with that fire,with that passion,with that love for writing and that is exactly what makes you chisel your works with the skills you acquire whilst you mature with experience.That also,is the difference between talent and skill. Talent is innate;it is the indisciplined child of mother skill,which in turn has guided,mentored and trained her daughter with the wisdom experience has lent her.That is why,we as writers,can never be perfect,for perfection would be a stagnant state of being ,leaving us with no space or need to grow.Therefore,like  talent,we are those children who are still growing with parent skill holding our hand and guiding us towards our future.We as writers,are always evolving.
  Having said that,let me state that writers are not skillful people-they are talented people.And talent,though technically may more aptly be called the child of skill,in essence is the mother of skill,for without talent-that spark,that fervour to write,you wouldn't find the skill necessary to grow as a writer at all.You seek,only if you have the lust to find.

                                                                                                            -By Sofiya Sujad
                                                                                                    Art by Bulanova Lyubov