The profession of writing (what I didn't wish to know at my beginnings) by Radi Al-Namasi

Author: Radi Al-Namasi Publisher: Dar Al-Rafidain for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution Edition: First Year: 2023 About the book: The identity of the writer is a path, and writing is a method. A method through actions, with followers who draw from life and the inherent human condition within it, living again mentally through writing just as they lived initially through experience. And suddenly, one of them overflows with his creativity and insight, producing a text that delights one of us, and through it, another discovers what was previously hidden from him, while a third responds to questions whose echoes had resonated inside him for ages... All of this is the result of a mixture of ink and imagination on paper, bound between two covers carried by hands in the form of a "portable magic," as Stephen King describes it. These selections do not aim at a specific recipe or a definitive salvation for those aspiring to success in writing. Rather, they acknowledge the complexity of the experience, just as life itself is complex. And those who have made writing a profession have dedicated themselves to a journey with no rest. The writer does not cease from uncovering one secret of existence until another becomes clear, for in him gather identity, experience, talent, and perspective. From all of this, he produces a living text that transcends the lifespan of its author through its multiple readers and its extended influence among people, deep in language and life, in addition to what can be derived from it. In this, he is bound by the prisons of interpretation and style. The former is the child of others, and the latter the child of eternity—either employed as it should be or created anew, disregarding the prevailing. From the hands of its creator, it springs what deserves to remain among all that a reader may find on any shelf in the world. As for those who seek only to possess the identity of the writer, the first thing they should do is not to read this book, and they will find their path paved and easy.