Becoming a Writer
Few years ago, I read a comic book titled Piano no Mori which means the piano forest. It was a story about a little boy named Kai who is becoming a pianist. His playing was so innocent and beautiful that touched people’s mind. From the moment I read this book I knew that it was exactly what I want to do; I wanted to be like him who touches people’s mind with words. How could he become such a pianist? How can I become like him? To answer this questing, it will be helpful to compare his abilities with mine according to his growth curve.
First, Kai was the one of the creative person enough to become an attractive pianist. Since he was very young, Kai have played a piano which thrown away in forest and piano was the only friend for him. Though he has never been taught piano, he liked piano and played it like a toy all the time. This innocent and joyful time might enable him to play unique and beautiful melodies. Like Kai, I have read books and scribbled something since I was young. I liked reading and writing both, and they were like playing with a toy. I just wrote something to be honest about my feeling. Because I never meant to show them other people, I could write them freely. This experience may enable me to write creative essays.
Second, Kai had interpersonal skills to achieve his dreams. He asked help frankly when he hit a brick wall, and found a mentor who gives him caring advices. When Kai listened to Chopin’s The Little Dog Waltz, he was so eager to play it that he asked help a music teacher. Though Kai hate him at first, the desire to play the Chopin allowed him to ask help and the music teacher became his mentor. In my case, I prefer to try to find a solution by myself but I do not afraid of asking help when I really need it. In addition, thanks to my wandering experience gave me various kinds of friends, I have mentors who give advices and support me.
Finally, knowledge was the necessary complement of success. Though Kai got wonderful talent to play a song by ear, he had to study to understand composer’s mind. As a rough diamond should be polished to become a sparkling jewelry, even Kai, a gifted child, needed to study a piece of Chopin to play it right. Similarly, becoming a writer requires a wide knowledge of life, including linguistic knowledge. For example, if I wrote review of Lie to Me, I might search for a deception expert to give more concrete image. Of course, I cannot say that I have knowledge to become a good writer. However, I will be willing to study to make up my lack of knowledge.
By comparing Kai to me, I tried to answer two questions: how could he become a pianist who played a touching song and how can I become a writer who writes a touching story. In conclusion, creativity, interpersonal skills, and knowledge are the abilities that I may or should possess. If all these abilities are combined, chance to be a writer who touches people’s mind will be bigger.
Your main idea is how you developed your writing. And you told us this story comparing to one pianist in a story book.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to open your writing with the book you read and compare the way improve each one's field. It was really ineresting and enjoyable to read and experience a new way of wriitng. In addition, the phrase, 'with mine according to his growth curve' was really good for me, because it looks very fashionable and good writers' thing. The way you develop your main idea was also great. In your whole three paragraphs, you compared your personal experience of getting your today's writing skill and the piano of the man in the book. This was quite interesting! Lastly, the way you finished the writing was also good. because you mentioned two questions, I was able to easily know what you wanted to say in this writing and made it clear to undertand.