Broken Plaque of Recognition
Few days ago, I had a little ‘writing accident’—the glass plaque that I received from a major script writing contest many years ago fell from my shelf and broke (the base separating from the body). The photo above was an exaggeration, but it resembled my plaque. It was a sturdy , beautiful plaque; just that it fell from quite a high place. That contest was the only writing contest I ever joined in my life—I wanted to see if I could write a movie script. I probably could because it became a finalist. It probably didn't win because it was quite depressing. It’s the only recognition I got for wasting my life writing. Lol. No, I think I was nominated Writer of the Year once or twice in a komiks publication and received certificates for it. I have no idea about the whereabouts of those certificates now. Few months after receiving the plaque, I got a call from someone who worked at this huge TV company (which owned the company that launched the writing contest), asking