writer’s life

  • How to finish a first draft

    When you haven’t written anything longer than a blog post in months, you get into panic situations where you feel you may have burnt through the capability of sitting still for a length of time to write a full fledged novel.  This happened with me recently – the panic, obviously – so I decided that

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  • Of things missed

    Of things missed

    Well talking about writing is a never ending subject and while there may be a lot of things I have missed, there are a few things I wish to talk about before September ends and I once again lose motivation to write.

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  • Plotting and Endings

    Plotting and Endings

    Ideas often come to me in the form of a single image that usually is the crux of the whole story. Even while writing, many times I find myself with an image in my head that I then try to describe, poorly. While watching Castlevania on Netflix (yes, another show, I am a Netflix addict,

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  • Non obvious things you should be prepared for when writing your manuscript

    By the time the idea for writing my manuscript came to me, I had read all writing related articles and had a fair handle on how to go about plotting, sketching, planning and writing my manuscript. I also kept reminding myself, quite firmly, one of the best advices that MP ever gave me: don’t edit

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  • How I do character sketches

    How I do character sketches

    I have noticed an interesting trend in the Netflix original series that I pursue. Right from The Crown to Mindhunter to Stranger Things and Jessica Jones, Season 1 is usually plot heavy. It is like the makers want you to keep clicking on that next button and reach the end. But their Season 2 is

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  • 3 things I don’t understand about writing

    At Blogchatter, we had a creative writing e-course and when we were planning the assignments to be given to the participants, we decided to personalize it by asking them a simple question – what do you need help with. The top concern, to my surprise, was writing an outline. One of the things I love

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  • How I edit

    How I edit

    Editing, a process I love to hate, is perhaps the most important tool in a writer’s arsenal. What I absolutely love about editing is the process of finding the hidden diamond in a chunk of ore and how my piece evolves after every readthrough. What I consequently hate about the process is how it can

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