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In this series, entitled Somali Short Stories Series, I have in mind to focus on Somali literature, both fiction and non-fiction; I don’t want to dig into the deep treasures of the Somali literature.
by Ahmed Said http://www.somalibloggers.com/
Am I capable of writing a bestseller novel, which is my first book I have ever written? I mean how can I take hold of this magic writing power that can accelerate my success pace? How can I explore my creative mental warehouses and extract from them juicy results? Frankly, I have no idea how, but I know I have this feeling that my writing success potential is very promising and somehow I will be able one day to defeat the invisible monsters of the writer’s block. Just read on not to miss the gist of what I have to say!
The Internet is very informative and handy for those who want to do some research on anything—I mean anything under the sun, be it the Mayan 2012 Doomsday or how to make your lawn greener than your neighbor’s. Well, my intention is not to talk about the indispensability of the Internet in all areas of life, but the reason I mentioned it is that it is relevant in this topic—One day I used Google Search for Somali Short Stories and I found nothing tangible that can even outline for the reader the wit and wisdom of Somali storytelling—The Somali people are called by historians The Nation Of poets because their oral way of recording literature for generations before the Somali language was written in 1972. I don’t think enough of the Somali literature; especially storytelling was translated into English since then, and that is why scraps of it are scattered here and there in the Internet.
Recently, I happened to be one of the audiences of a meeting on the importance of education, organized by local former Somali students and held at St. Cloud Public Library. The panel was about five and the way they addressed the importance of education instilled ecstasy in me—It has been years since I had tearless sweet emotion that reminded me of my relationship with writing and the fact that I usually get writer’s cramp without yet excelling at it…in this meeting, my mind was preoccupied with what to say on this beautiful occasion whereby the audience, besides academic lecture, was thirsty for more entertaining realm yet equally educating venue—All I could think of was composing a poem and before I could milk my brain to complete the poem, the meeting was over and the writer’s block was to blame!
In this series, entitled Somali Short Stories Series, I have in mind to focus on Somali literature, both fiction and non-fiction; I don’t want to dig into the deep treasures of the Somali literature with wrong tools but I hope I will be convincing and brief in my upcoming writings on this subject using my rather blunt equipments. On the other hand, I feel destined to becoming bestseller novelist.
Source: Somali Bloggers
salaama!
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