-Introduction:
Hello! My name is Arastu Goyal, that's my real name. When I was 9-10 years old, I made a name for myself- George Alastor Aristotle G. Emeraldson De Late the III Yeah, that was from a 10 year old! When I started poetry, I set up my first name as-"George Emeraldson" on poetry soup, if you see some older comments on my poems like "The Road To Nowhere", Or other poems, people who have commented addressed me with the name-"George", but after a while, when I started writing poetry for my school, I needed to write things with my own name. So I wrote my name as-"Arastu Goyal George", just cause I didn't want to discard the original name. And then I changed my name to my original name-"Arastu Goyal". In this I will tell you why pen names dont mean ANYTHING!
Why pen names don't mean anything:
One reason why pen names don’t mean anything is that they are often easily discovered or revealed. In the age of the internet, it is not hard to find out the real identity of a writer who uses a pen name, either by doing some research, following some clues, or waiting for an official announcement. For example, J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, used the pen name Robert Galbraith to write a series of crime novels, but her identity was soon leaked by a lawyer who knew her secret. Similarly, Stephen King, the famous horror writer, used the pen name Richard Bachman to publish some of his early novels, but his fans quickly recognized his style and exposed him. Therefore, using a pen name does not guarantee anonymity or privacy for the writer.
Another reason why pen names don’t mean anything is that they do not affect the quality or value of the writer’s work. A good writer can write well regardless of what name they use, and a bad writer can write poorly regardless of what name they use. The name of the writer does not change the style, tone, plot, characters, themes, or messages of their work. For example, Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, used a pen name that was derived from a riverboat term meaning “two fathoms deep”. However, his pen name did not change anything about his writing skills or his ability to capture the spirit and humor of American life. Similarly, George Eliot, the author of Middlemarch and Silas Marner, used a pen name that was meant to disguise her gender and avoid prejudice. However, her pen name did not change anything about her literary talent or her insight into human nature and society.
Therefore, I believe that pen names don’t mean anything, and that what matters most is the content and message of the writer’s work. A writer should be judged by their work, not by their name. A pen name may have some advantages or disadvantages for the writer, but it does not change the essence or value of their writing. As William Shakespeare famously wrote in Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.”