If You Were Allowed To Write And Publish Just One Book What Would The Subject Be?

[imthefoolonthehill]

I would write a book that somehow showed the reader what's really important in life.

As soon as I figure it out for sure, I'll start writing it. Look for it on the shelves of your local bookstore. It will be released on the fifth of octember.

[Madhuri]

My Nana Aba is a retired Urdu Professor. He has written some published books, Ghazals, articles and essays. His life is full of adventures. He has met many famous Urdu writers. He is really an idealist. He sacrificed a lot for the sake of Urdu Literature and expects to be acknowledged for that. He is the person who calls himself one of the "revolutionary" minds starting from 1950's when Pakistan was struggling through things. I also agree that he did a lot for Urdu Literature but there are people who did more than him. I will call him really simple because of his idealistic approach. Throughout his life, when people were collecting money from corruption, he stayed against corruption. He is the founder chairman of our local university. For all these things, he is really proud. (that's what angers me)

When he was three or four years old, a doctor told him that his eyes had a defect. He would not be able to see very clearly. His mother, father and siblings thought that he would become a farmer in his local village but he was the first one from his siblings who went to the city, got education and became a Professor and his older brother spoilt his parents money by amusing himself and in the company of flattering friends. My Nana Aba went to the city and educated himself and all of his younger brothers. The person whom people used to call "Bahra" (a person who can't see) although he could see a little fullfilled the wishes of his parents, the wishes his parents had from his eldest brother.

Although with his eyes little defect, he read many books. Along with Urdu literature, he had interest in other English Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, Sports as well as in Sciences. He has recently told me that he has read HG Wells, TS Eliot...etc..

With all his good aspects, I believe that he has his character's flaws. One of them in my opinion is his believe in social system of classes and the other is his very idealistic approach. He want to see a world full of truthful and honest people. The other thing is that he can't stand without talking. (which is also my flaw which my brother say that I have inherited from him) He has so many friends, lots of friends. He know lots of people which astonishes me a lot.

So that's my Nana Aba. I love him but sometimes I gets very angry at him specially because he is really cares about "social classes" (castes) a lot. He has told me lots of stories about his childhood. I will like to collect them and write a novel but I think that I am not so good at languages yet so I will not be able to describe each and everything.

SleepyWitch, Thanks though I dare say that my novel about Mughal Empire will ever be published but it might....after all it is not impossible.

Hey Pensive, I dont think you should be angry with your Nana. By your narration it appears that he has had a tough life. He appears to be a man of integrity. Do write his biography, I would like reading it.

And about Mughal Dynasty too....

[Madhuri]

my love-hate equation with life, I think that would be my theme if I have to write only one book.

[Kelly_Sprout]

Only one topic? One book on that topic? I don't know, that's pretty deep. It is the only thing I can leave to future generations and I would want it to be something meaningful to them no matter how many generations there are or how far into the future they exist. It would have to be something so basic that it could not be refuted or broken down into smaller parts or misinterpreted.

Therefore, I would need to be Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking and Albert Einstein all rolled into one and I would write about the one unifying force that explains the other four forces and matter and energy and light and speed and time.

But of course, I'd want to write it in an entertaining way that all people could understand and yet not be able to lay down!

[formality hater]

"how The Technology Ruins The Mind?"

[NickAdams]

I would write about culture, by applying Carl Jung's theory of the collective unconcious. It would be as great as: The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion; which is 15,143 pages long. I would play with the idea of the originality of an echo.

[kandaurov]

I would quote authors, religious leaders, polititians, philosophers, and fill hundreds of pages with certified wisdom. Then I would say, 'Pfff. Forget about these guys. What would you say if the spotlight was on you?' Then a blank page. I would obligingly ask, in the page after the blank one (the very last page), the readers to send their written response to my address. I would select the very best ones and then publish a second book of quotes, this time with the responses from the anonymous people. Because no genius or actual hard work would be put into either of the books, profiting from them would be quite unfair, so all profits would be donated to an association.

[Adolescent09]

If I could ever get around to consummating my first book which has been in the process of nearing completion for the last 5 months ... that would be one onerous aspect of my tedious life, lifted. (I haven't been on the forums lately... I was sick for a short period of time)

[kiz_paws]

My book would be the culmination of the many scrapettes called short stories I have in my possession. Then the world could read 2001 Short Stories by A Lass Named Kiz.... ermmmm well, something like that. And my ever faithful, ever supportive best friend has promised to do any/all drawings/water colors to dress up said dream book. What more can life provide! **sigh**

[pinkmoon]

I think my book would be a novel

[Durgamol]

i would write a saga: story of 3 or 4 generations with everything inside - love, hate, relationships, philosophical struggles; simply about life

[Lote-Tree]

My theme would be LOVE, REDEMPTION (not in religious sense) and the exploration of the limitlessness of the imaginations :-)

[Nossa]

Hope..through a life journey of someone.

[cows]

I have two, one I'm writing now and the other will come after. I wrote out both of the ideas and just deleted them. Maybe I'm paranoid. You'll have to read them. I'll give them when I'm done.

My two-cents for this thread: Why don't you all just do it? There are a few ideas here that stick out... "I would ____" and "it would be amazing" are nice to hear, but if you believe it, do it.

[manolia]

A book with all the telephone numbers of all the public services in my country. That could make me rich