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  • Everything else is just noise

    Suchita, I want to give you a treatise on writing. I think you’re ready to hear what I have to say. And maybe it’ll help you write better.

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  • You don’t need storytelling skills, you need clarity

    Do you ever have an idea that looks perfect in your mind – or your notes – but the moment you try to write it; it crumbles into dust? You think maybe if you added some details or dialogue it’ll start to make sense but then it feels “like butter scraped over too much bread?”

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  • 5 things I love about my book All Roads Lead Here

    If there is one thing I don’t appreciate enough about writing, it is how much fun I have when I do said writing, especially when I am in the flow and words are easy. My book, All Roads Lead Here, was one such writing experience that was more fun than most. And I thought, it…

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  • 5 writing lessons from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings

    Though I was introduced to the world of The Lord of the Rings when I was 14, I have had a love-hate relationship with the books since then. I first read them when I was 21 and then tried them again when I was 30. Both the times, I was dissatisfied with the books and…

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  • Practical worldbuilding tips for fantasy writers

    When it comes to writing fantasy, worldbuilding as a word is not far behind. As a reader and writer of this genre, I love it as much as I hate it. Some books do a tremendous job of it, some are lean but still work, some are too heavy on it, some do it poorly…

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  • I wrote a book: All Roads Lead Here

    What a mind-fuck it is to be writing a blog post for your own story but here we go. So! I finally gathered the courage to hit the publish button and one of my full-length stories is now available on Amazon Kindle and as a Paperback. And if you’re a subscriber of Kindle Unlimited, it’s…

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  • 3 reasons I blog

    3 reasons I blog

    I have written many, many blog posts that attempt at answering the question – why I write. My recent one perhaps comes closest to answering that question. But I haven’t ever tried to write a post on why I blog.

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