I prefer writing as an alternative way of entertaining myself. I just love to write. Don’t really want others to read nor judge it. Nowadays, people thought writing’s a cliché, right? Writers from their different kind of perspective tend to form a literature out of an individual satisfaction. We’ve been doing a masterpiece for you. You, who have a tendency to appreciate our perspicuity, can give importance to its existence. Others might think that we just loved being acknowledged, admired. Of course, that’s part. But before that, what you learned on us is the top concern. Uneven sleeps, thousands of scraps wasted and superfluous revisions. We’ve been through a lot to deliver such. We were taught to write for others. To inform, to entertain, to broke someone’s belief. But how could an effective writer do this if he doesn’t know how to write for himself? Based on his knowledge, based on his experience and on how he believed he can change someone’s viewpoint? Writing can kill. It can be a double edge sword that can stab each and every one who 67
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Writing can kill. It can be a double edge sword that can stab each and every one who dares to read.
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dares to read. It can change anybody’s mind from evil to good, worst vice versa. It can crack down or trigger what you believe for a long time. But this is how writing an article is. This is how you and I build a relationship without having an affair. This is how we struggle just to give you a properly equipped piece. For you, we can be a hypocrite seeking for attention. But this is who we are. Stroking our pen like a sword and touch its ink on a blank page, declaring a war. This is how our battle going.
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