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10 Best Advice On Writing By Stephen King
Posted on July 4, 2021 2 Comments
Stephen King, for me, is the God of writing. He knows how to create believable characters that will make you feel all kinds of emotions (a wide, wide range of emotions at that), he creates genre-defining works and his stories are simply incomparable to any other on the planet (though I do know a couple […]
Writing Vlog #2: Writing A Short Story From Scratch
Posted on December 24, 2020 5 Comments
In this video, I have tried to capture my process of writing a short story. If you are a new writer or are curious about how writing is done, then I am sure you’ll enjoy this video. I you are a veteran writer then I am sure you will be able to relate to it […]
7 Types Of Characters In Fiction
Posted on December 17, 2020 4 Comments
Characterisation is one of the most important elements of any story, long or short. If you don’t get the characterisation right, chances are that your story will fall flat on its face and no writer wants that to happen! So the best way to make sure that your story stays with the reader long before […]
Creating Realistic Characters
Posted on December 3, 2020 Leave a Comment
Creating Realistic Characters is an hour-long webinar on characterisation basics. I will be doing a follow-up Webinar with the advance techniques used for characterisation, so make sure you attend this one. Webinar Details Date: 5th December 2020Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (can go on till 12:30 pm) – Indian Standard Time Platform: YouTube LiveLink to the […]
5 Elements Of Plot In Fiction
Posted on November 30, 2020 2 Comments
Plot, one of the 5 main elements of fiction writing, is a term that confuses many new as well as veteran writers. When it comes to Fiction Writing, there is a big difference in the Story and the Plot. If you want to learn the difference between Story and Plot then read this article: Story […]
Storyboard A Novel in 5 Easy Steps
Posted on November 11, 2020 6 Comments
Storyboarding is a wonderful organising technique, that I feel, is highly underrated when it comes to fiction writing. It is a great tool to plot your novels and to put it all together in a coherent plot-line. I am an intuitive writer but working on multiple long-form fiction projects can be downright scary at times […]
Decoding Horror Genre For Writers
Posted on November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment
Here’s the live stream of my 5th Webinar: Decoding Horror genre for Writers:
10 Ways To Prepare For NaNoWriMo 2020
Posted on October 9, 2020 Leave a Comment
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month is around the corner and I am really looking forward to it particularly this year because of the entire lockdown situation. I simply cannot wait to get back to one of my story’s draft and start writing again motivated by all the NaNo energy on my social media feeds! […]
Fiction Writing Masterclass – 4-Week Intensive Workshop
Posted on September 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
Learn to write a book from start to end in this 4-week intensive workshop – Fiction Writing Masterclass. It is recommended for writers who have an idea and don’t know where to begin or how to write the book. It is also suitable for writers who have already started their book but are not stuck […]
How To Write A Book Analysis
Posted on August 21, 2020 7 Comments
Analysing a book is too often confused with writing a book review. It is a very common misconception and one that needs to be busted especially if you are planning to become a writer or are one already. A book review is an informal way of sharing one’s thoughts about any book of the reader’s […]
What are Beta Readers And Why Do you need them?
Posted on August 8, 2020 4 Comments
In the last 4 months, whenever I have delivered a lecture, I am ALWAYS asked about one particular topic, each and every single time with no exception at all – What is a Beta Reader? Beta Reading is a concept well-known in the writing community but often misunderstood and misinterpreted by the new writers. So, finally, […]
Prompt-Writing
Posted on August 2, 2020 10 Comments
Prompt-writing is one of the best tools for fiction writers. Period. You’ll find various definitions for it on the internet, but for me, it is simply what the name suggests: A topic around which a short piece of fiction is written promptly. Generally, the said piece of fiction is in the range of 100-1000 words […]
Fiction Writing Masterclass
Posted on June 21, 2020 Leave a Comment
Learn all about my upcoming online writing class and register for it to make it in the first batch of students.
Finding The Right Idea
Posted on June 18, 2020 1 Comment
I don’t think I have ever known, not even a single writer, who doesn’t get about a dozen ideas every day. But imagine what would happen if you’d start taking all of those ideas seriously? It’ll be chaos! So you get my point? As a beginner, you might feel the need, a very compulsive need, […]
Discovering The Writer Within
Posted on June 12, 2020 13 Comments
The first place you need to begin, especially while starting a long-form fiction project (or re-starting it), is to discover yourself as a writer – to find out what kind of a writer you are. Because unless you do it, you won’t know how to proceed further, especially once the initial flame of anticipation and […]
Different Types Of Editing
Posted on May 9, 2020 3 Comments
Editing is the process in which a manuscript is modified, corrected and polished thoroughly. In the literary world, there are different kinds of editing. Editing is very subjective, depending upon what exactly is lacking or needs improvement regarding the overall quality of the individual manuscript. For example, in some manuscript, prose needs tightening, whereas in […]
Webinar on Introduction To Creative Writing Basics
Posted on April 24, 2020 1 Comment
Webinar #1 : Introduction To Creative Writing Basics Attend my free Webinar on Introduction To Creative Writing Basics on 30th April 2020 at 11:00am on Facebook Live. Here’s the link to the Facebook Event on my author page: https://www.facebook.com/events/527107161510397/?ts=pss Do give my Fb page a follow to stay updated about the event. Don’t waste your […]
Character Profile Sheets (CPS) – Part 2
Posted on June 8, 2019 5 Comments
Character Profile Sheets are a great literary tool that help you in profiling your characters, especially the main characters of your story. They not only help you in being consistent with your character’s traits throughout your story or manuscript but also help a great deal in creating as well as painting the character arc you […]
A Comprehensive Look At Literary Devices
Posted on February 11, 2019 1 Comment
As a writer, it becomes a necessity at some point or the other, to understand as many technicalities of the craft as possible. Whether you’re an intuitive writer or a deliberate one, there will be times when you’ll have to break the literary rules in order to create your masterpiece, but in order to do […]
10 Essential Tools For Writers
Posted on October 5, 2015 40 Comments
Every writer needs a certain set of tools in order to write. And, trust me, it’s not as simple as to just pick up a notebook and write. It might be for some writers (mostly intuitive writers,) but for most of us, there is a need for much more than just a pen and paper. If you wish […]
