WRITING IS LIKE CHESS

Writing is like chess. The main goal is to win, not to lose. And winning is done, when your readership connects with your work, losing is the exact opposite. To win you have to capture their thoughts and imagination.
You have a plot, a game plan, and a strategy, to swing the game your way to capture their awe and attention, the game is played by two, you in white, and your audience in the receiving end.
You arrange your words, in your board or book. In a particular rhythm and order that would ensure you capture the main prize. Which can be a message passed across, and some cases their followership.
Writing is a thinking process, before you use a word. You think of other options, other substitutes, the repercussions, the reaction, all these you have to anticipate carefully and it is a daunting task. Not for the feeble hearted.
Chess players and writers like quiet space, a vent that allows you filter your thoughts in a logically way, to look across the table and expansive mind field, for actions and reaction, for solutions to problems. They like to play with flair/craft, and beauty, maybe that why they call chess, the beautiful game, for beautiful minds. I dare to call writing that too.
Chess is not easy and it comes with hard work and learning. It requires practice, reading and trying to hone out your skills. It the same with writing, you have to read, read and read, to get the rudiments. To get the different styles And To expand your horizons. And then you reach a level where little work is now required.
You have become a grandmaster, at par with the Wole Soyinkas, Toni Morrisons, Chimamanda Adichies, words come to you like a genie, and obey your every wish. Words come to you like water from a spring. And it flows smoothly and swiftly, each time fresh and beautiful. It implies you have reached the zenith, you win prices, and you win fame and money. That’s the state, we writers aspire to reach, just the same way as chess players.