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Tag Archives: Bangalore Writers Workshop
5 things that I learnt from the BWW writing workshop
5 things that I learnt from the BWW writing workshop by Ankita Singh Classroom learning? Uggggh. I have hated classroom learning since school, all through my post-graduation. Nothing against my genuinely amazing and inspiring teachers, but I have always felt … Continue reading
Priya Doraswamy on Publishing a Book in India
Priya Doraswamy founded Lotus Lane Literary in New Jersey in May, 2013. She has been an agent for a little over five years and has sold books globally. Priya represents bestselling and award winning adult fiction and non-fiction authors. Prior … Continue reading
Lavanya Sankaran’s advice to aspiring writers
Lavanya Sankaran is the author of the celebrated short story collection The Red Carpet, which spent two years on the best-seller lists and collected praise world-wide. Her debut novel The Hope Factory, just released, has been selected by Amazon UK … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW, Inspiration, Lavanya Sankaran, Writing Craft, Writing process
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BWW Star: Open face sandwiches
R came back home late from work one day to find his wife drawing a penis on a piece of paper. For days after, he thought about it the way one would toss salad around on a plate. K had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW Star, Fiction, Publishing, Shweta Saran, The Affair
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BWW Star: Dilemma
Rakesh had been in the city for a while and had been Bangalored over the years. He wondered about how Bangalore had changed over the last decade. A beep on his computer drew his attention back to the code that … Continue reading
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Ashok Rajagopalan on Finding my voice while writing stories for children
There is a simple logic behind writing well. It evolves from two premises that I, well, evolved. Premise 1: Art is something that moves you. If it doesn’t move you, personally it doesn’t mean Art to you. Premise 2: A … Continue reading
Revathi Suresh on Young Adult Fiction in India
Revathi Suresh worked with EastWest Books, Chennai, and helped edit, along with a senior colleague, a book review magazine called Indian Review of Books. EWB also had an imprint called Manas which brought out both fiction and non-fiction. She has … Continue reading
BWW Star: The Wait
There are two others with me here. We don’t talk to each other, not sure if we can though, never tried it. There’s the old man who prefers the damp corner of the broken wall, he doesn’t talk much. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW Star, Fiction, Vijai Balaji, writer
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BWW Star: The Street
He tries, albeit unsuccessfully, to stifle the yawn that seems to rise out of nowhere from inside his body. His head has been throbbing for the last five minutes, he hasn’t shaved or showered and there is a persistent itch … Continue reading
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Shikha Malaviya on Geography of Tongues
Poet Shikha Malaviya, considers herself a morpher. She was born in the U.K. but grew up in the US and India. Raised in a family where books, good food, music, art and candid conversations always took center stage, it is … Continue reading
