Namrata shares her thoughts on storytelling v/s experience – what is important in a narrative. As a published author I am asked very often to give tips to aspiring writers. If there is one tip I could share with them it would be this – Tell a story that you just cannot hold within you anymore.Continue reading “Experience V/s Storytelling”
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Author Confessions: 10 things I wish I knew about being an author that I didn’t know as a blogger
Namrata talks about the mistakes she made on her journey to becoming an author from a blogger. I started blogging in 2011 and eventually got published in 2013. It was a short story that had been chosen for an anthology by a reputed publishing house. It kind of felt surreal in many ways as tillContinue reading “Author Confessions: 10 things I wish I knew about being an author that I didn’t know as a blogger”
New Release: The Soul Crafter by Barry Cheema
About the Book The Holy Grail School had a long-term reputation as an institution of stern discipline, good behaviour, and high goals. One day, something goes wrong. Everything changes as if someone had cast a spell on the entire school. ’You think you are not hypnotised but the reality is that you already are. AndContinue reading “New Release: The Soul Crafter by Barry Cheema”
5 Tips for Aspiring Writers
As a published author I am asked very often to give tips to aspiring writers.
Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt
Put up your thinking caps and let this image tell you a story or whisper a poem. Let it be a short story, flash fiction or a free writing essay. Let the words just flow! As always, send in your write-ups inspired by the image to us and the best one gets a chance toContinue reading “Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt”
Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt
Can you imagine what the cat is thinking right now? Put up your thinking caps and let this image tell you a story or whisper a poem. Let it be a short story, flash fiction or a free writing essay. Let the words just flow! As always, send in your write-ups inspired by the imageContinue reading “Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt”
Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt
While, we stay at home during this pandemic, we do miss the visits to bookstores. Don’t we? Put up your thinking caps and let this image tell you a story or whisper a poem. Let it be a short story, flash fiction or a free writing essay. Let the words just flow! As always, sendContinue reading “Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt”
Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt
Put up your thinking caps and let this image tell you a story or whisper a poem. Let it be a short story, flash fiction or a free writing essay. Let the words just flow! As always, send in your write-ups inspired by the image to us and the best one gets a chance toContinue reading “Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt”
Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt
It’s Christmas! Time for music and some fun Put up your thinking caps and let this image tell you a story or whisper a poem. Let it be a short story, flash fiction or a free writing essay. Let the words just flow! As always, send in your write-ups inspired by the image to usContinue reading “Friday Figments: Weekly Writing Prompt”
Monday Microscope: Shaping your story
Question: As a debut author I am stuck and not sure how to point this out simply! I have content written from 2008 till recent times. Things have changed because the world has changed. My content needs to be restructured, pruned, and the chronology also needs to be shifted. Second point about the brief ideaContinue reading “Monday Microscope: Shaping your story”
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