The profession of writing: what I did not wish to know in my beginnings Rady Alnamasi

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 underlying 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 into a text that delights one of us, and he discovers through it what was hidden from him, and another responds to questions that had echoed inside him for ages. All of this is the result of a mixture of ink and imagination on paper, pressed between two covers carried by hands in the form of a "portable magic," as Stephen King describes it. This selection does not aim at a specific recipe or a definitive salvation for those aspiring to success in writing. Rather, it affirms that the complexity of the experience is akin to the complexity of life itself. Whoever takes writing as a profession has dedicated himself to a journey with no rest. The writer does not rest from uncovering one secret of existence until another becomes clear, for he combines identity, experience, talent, and perspective, ultimately producing a living text that transcends the lifespan of its author through its multiple readings and extended influence among people, deeply rooted in language and life. Moreover, it can be a source of inspiration, yet in that lies the writer’s captivity to interpretation and style. The former is the child of others, and the latter is the child of eternity—either employed as it should be or created anew without regard for the prevailing. From the hands of its creator, it emanates what deserves to remain among everything a reader might find on any shelf in the world. As for those who seek only to adopt the writer’s identity, the first thing they should do is not read this book, and they will find their path paved easily.