I am convinced, anyone can be a writer. My clients are, my servicing team is, my dhobi, my bai, my cabwalla…. Everyone is a writer. Apart from me that is. If Shakespeare lived today, the Comedy of Errors would not be accepted- “how can errors be comical?”. Jeeves would have died a literary death at the concept stage – “Bertie is our TG, he can’t be dumber than a butler”. For that matter, any author I have read or even heard about would have given up writing in order to keep his sanity intact.
While I lay no claim to being a great writer, I did think I had a perfunctory knowledge of the English language. But it seems I was completely wrong. Even my severely linguistically challenged peers, appear to be better writers.
I have been told “that’s what advertising is”. I disagree. I know plenty of copywriters who have written brilliant ads. I don’t know how they managed it though. Maybe they managed to find clients who write worse than them. Or maybe they are genuinely good writers.
A suggestion however, if anyone reading this post, is a writer stay away from advertising. If you can’t write and yet want to be a writer, send me your CV, your writing skills will be much appreciated.
