Let’s look at this whole thing about being an Author. Being an Author is simple, though we’ve been told otherwise. To be an Author is to have a book. And to have a book is to have something to share. Everyone of us has something to share, no matter how trivial or inconsequential we may think that is.
Whether you want to give a chronological account of your life (autobiography) or you want to discuss some topics or themes using your own life as anecdotes (memoir) or you want to share your ability to create stories out of nowhere (fiction), or you want to share your knowledge and skills (as in textbooks, journals, or research papers), or you want to share your dreams and revelations (as in inspirational or religious books), or you just want to share your ideas, passions, vision, ambitions, lifestyle and so on, you have all it takes to have a book.
To be an author is not a big deal. In fact, it should be part of our life. We should form the habit of documenting our life. And with technology today, it is quite easier than ever. We use our devices to do many things; to chat, to text, to call, to record and so on. Documenting is not far-fetched from us. And it is what can help us to put our ideas together in form of a book. (More on that would be discussed later.)
Many of us today cannot remember the names of our grand or great grand parents, let alone what they did. Why? Because there’s nothing documented about them. We can’t have access to any part of their lives despite they once lived here. It could pain many of us not to see anything written about these ones or the life they lived. But, how about we begin to change that order? How about we begin to help other people live a better life by sharing part of our life with them?
Documenting our life is as important as living our life. Consider people who have died many years ago and we still remember them very well today. People like Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, and other great scientists and philosophers, many of whom have died long time ago, but their names are still very much fresh in our memories today because we read something about them. Because their lives and ideas were documented, and they are beneficial to us today.
What about great books like the Bible? A book that gives tremendous accounts of people and events that have happened thousands of years ago and we still remember and talk about those things today. Many of us wouldn't have known anything about the accounts of creation if not for the Bible. And we know who God and Jesus is, thanks to the Bible. Imagine if the Bible was not written, how are we going to have all these knowledge? Bear in mind that many of those things that happened during those times were not even as significant to those people as they are to us today.
Don’t you think what you have today can also benefit generations to come? Don’t you think the experiences and ideas that you have today could be source of wisdom for someone sometimes in the future? You don’t just want your life to go like that, you want something to come out of it that can benefit the world and of course, generations to come.
I encourage you to look through your life and note one area that you want your book to be about. Whether it’s your biography, memoir, fiction, knowledge, skills, ideas and so on, you are good to go. You can write on all or any of these.
I know a lot of people have challenges in writing their book and most times don’t even know where to start. I will address most of these issues and proffer an actionable solution in the upcoming articles. Follow this link to read the next article - https://sopiensofgod.blogspot.com/2021/08/be-author-challenge-part-2.html
Cheers!
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Suggested Articles:
1) 15 Reasons Why You Must Have Your Own Book: https://sopiensofgod.blogspot.com/2020/09/15-reasons-why-you-must-have-your-own.html
2) Your Life Is A Principle: https://sopiensofgod.blogspot.com/2020/09/your-life-is-principle.html
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