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The Mind Creative
Humour, as they say, can
be very serious business.
Making readers laugh is
indeed no laughing matter
specially if they end up
laughing for the wrong
reasons! The ability to hold
the attention of readers in a humorous
piece, can get tricky and one needs to
learn this craft with much perseverance,
simply because you might have a sense
of humour but capturing that in your
writing needs a lot of skill. Reading
classic works of humour can be a good
starting point for those who aspire to
master this art. There are hundreds of
books that you can read which fall in
this category; however any book written
by the incomparable PG Wodehouse will
always satisfy your need for a wry
smile, a guffaw or a hearty laugh.
followed by a delectable piece
from Sukumar Nayar who has
generously promised to write
more for me.
Many readers would be aware that
I have never claimed to be a
prolific poet and I have used
poetry to express ideas only when
prose, music and painting have
failed me. In this issue, I have
mustered up courage to publish
one of my longer poems “An Ode
To The Lonely Man” that I wrote
this many years ago. Hope you
enjoy this one.
Over the last twelve months, I
have been noticing that this ezine
is getting distinct sections called
“corners”. This has been a
natural, unplanned evolution and
we now have The Essayist’s
Corner, The Artist’s Corner, The
Humorist’s Corner, The Traveller's
Corner and The Poet’s Corner.
This structure is possibly the
future direction for The Mind
Creative.
Good articles and stories written in the
vein of humour, rarely need editing. In
fact, editing such works might even
introduce risks that can hamper the
humorous elements planned by the
writer. I always remember T.S. Eliot’s
wise words when I go through the
throes of editing: “Some editors are Happy reading!!
failed writers, but so are most writers.”
I am pleased to announce that we will
now have a new section called “The
Humorist’s Corner”. In this issue, I have
written an introduction about humour
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