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Lavanya Sankaran’s advice to aspiring writers

Posted on March 11, 2014 by

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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Ashok Rajagopalan on Finding my voice while writing stories for children

Posted on February 21, 2014 by

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 →

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Revathi Suresh on Young Adult Fiction in India

Posted on January 21, 2014 by

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 →

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BWW Star: The Street

Posted on January 13, 2014 by

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

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

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 →

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Annie Zaidi on How to begin

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Very often, when I lead workshops or sit on panels featuring writers, young people will ask this question: Where do you start? Sometimes this is also phrased as: How do you get ideas? This question, I must confess, always leaves … Continue reading →

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Shashi Deshpande to aspiring writers

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

When I speak of the art and the craft of writing, I take it for granted that: You have the talent. That  you have an  urge, a strong urge, to say something and that this is what drives you into writing. That you … Continue reading →

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Ignore the ocean

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

In school, one of the literary exercises I found most unpleasant was précis writing. My mind wanted to run away with the words. Make big brush strokes. But here she was, my teacher, asking me to do the opposite. Edit … Continue reading →

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Nick Johnson on ‘What do you do when you leave the workshop?’

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Workshops, no matter how professional or laid-back they may be, are difficult. Everyone hopes that they will walk through the door into a room of peers and present them with something they will be astounded by; something that they will … Continue reading →

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rachel noelani bovee on “writer’s block”

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

I’ll tell you a secret: when I get stuck and I simply cannot even pretend to know how to put words together to form some sort of creative, cohesive thought, when that officially happens, I play with similes. Listen, they … Continue reading →

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