The impulse to write is natural to many people, yet the demands of many public forms of writing can be inhibiting or even crushing. Writing a journal, on the other hand, opens up possibilities. Your journal is one place you can write […]
I have been keeping a swipe file even before I knew what a swipe file was. A swipe file is a notebook or a folder where you keep all the fantastic ideas, inspiration, prompts, quotes and bits and pieces of information that […]
Every time I start writing something new, I find myself asking these questions: Can I write it? Can I write it well? What will people think if I can’t write it well? What kind of a writer will I be if I […]
It is cold, windy and dark. A few people are sitting around a fire. They are eating and drinking and talking when suddenly a young man gets up and speaks in a loud voice, “Do you know what happened to me today […]
It is almost midday, and I am sitting in the bed, notebook in hand, staring out of the window. My heart is filled with gloom. I have an article to write but nothing comes out. I have become dependent on pouring out […]
For the past few days, I have been working on the character development of my novel. There are a few techniques I have learned which I am going to share with you in this post. Figure out how your character looks like. […]