Penname

A conversation with my alter-ego.

Me: Hey! I got have a penname for me man....
Alter-ego: And to what do you think we owe this honour??? 
Me: I 've started blogging man!
A: So..?
Me: So m a writer now....kinda
A: A blogger, not a writer!
Me: Whats the difference? Don't you have to write while blogging?
A: Yeah. But its not the same.
Me: Whats that supposed to mean?
A: Anybody can blog, but to become a writer, you have to get published.
Me: Who told u this man? Its rubbish. If you can write, you are a writer!
A: And who decides whether you can write or not? The publisher.
A: In a blog, people can write crap-probably what you are doing now-but to get published you have to be seriously good.
Me: You 'r telling me everything that get published is as good?
A: Of a certain standard.
Me: Ever read that campus novelist??
A: Ok. But generally its good.
Me: You say so man.
A: Yet a penname? Are you for real?
Me: Woah!! Backoff!
A: Calm down. I am only asking is it "cool" really?
Me: Why not man? Great men have had it.
A: '69 was half a century ago...
Me: You 'r being mean dude...don't test me.
Me: M blogging man. Got to have a penname.
A: So many people blog.
Me: Yeah. That's why... need to have a catchy penname.
A: "Catchy", are you selling t.v.
Me: Man you'r getting on my nerves now. You just don't agree to anything I say.
A: I am your alter-ego. What do you expect?
Me: But you 'r me. We are not separate.
A: Yeah. And we just finished our first blog together my FRIEND.

Comments

  1. priyanka singh17 April 2014 at 09:11

    but who won?? Is "me" really a writer or not?

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    1. Manish17 April 2014 at 09:33

      can anybody win a fight within??

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    2. priyanka singh17 April 2014 at 09:52

      Hmm.. indeed. But generally it happens that although AE wins, "me" never commits.

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  2. priyanka singh17 April 2014 at 09:40

    Interesting post dude. the way the converse ended..i mean it was unpredictable.
    congrats on ur 1st blog. Keep Blogging :)

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  3. Unknown17 April 2014 at 20:15

    Alter-ego helps us to understand your own character strengths as it prepare us while we are fighting within ....so that we are mentally prepare to answer the world. This blog just fits best and nicely written :) Congrats..!

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  4. Unknown5 December 2015 at 12:10

    Innovative and very catchy. Nice piece of work. Good stuff :)

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