For those who don’t follow me on Instagram, I started a series a couple of weeks ago mapping my writing process. For the second step in ‘Writing a Book’, I took a prompt to show how a book plot can be build upon an idea. The prompt was Pillars of Creation (PoC, henceforth). It’s an …
I have “befriended” two sparrows. I leave out grains for them and in return they give me the semblance of nature in a metropolitan city. On days when I forget to put out their chow, they sit on the edges of my potted plants and make a chirpful demand. Despite this entitlement, they would fly …
Before we get into this, I am going to state an unpopular opinion. You cannot force yourself to be a reader. If the thought of sitting with a book in one place makes you want to stab something, it just means you like absorbing content and stories through other forms of media, and there is …
Some days, I wake up with a belly full of words, Imagining each one altering a fraction of the world, like powerful threads, They embroider through the rigid fabric, transforming each and every. Such powerful words Some days, I wake up finding my words ineffective even against my own mind, The very structure that birthed …
We are often told that one of the easiest methods to develop empathy is to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. I understand it in theory but to what extent can you do the “walk”? Let’s check that and also discuss how I made up The Superman T-shirt Theory. The Theory I am a …
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the interweb is overflown with jokes, memes, and articles about introverts having the time of their life. As an introvert, I can attest we did. As a lifetime questioner, I met with a chance to dig deeper into this phenomenon. Do the precious minds of introverts push them to extrovert when …
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If you love traveling, you must know that oddly satisfying feeling- You are done with planning your vacation, buying your tickets, and checking-off all the stressful items off your list, and are now ready to pack! Just looking at the items in your suitcase thrills you because it, sort of, provides you a summary of …
Have you made up your mind to write a strong, feministic, female character for your story? Then let’s set something straight. It’s 2020. Bechdel or a rebellious character not wanting to be abused shouldn’t be the only litmus test for an empowering, feminist book, or movie. To defy the traditional, feminine roles, “masculine” attributes are …
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Just like for every huge natural or political disaster, we all have our stories of how we spent the quarantined days during the COVID-19 pandemic. I thought of transporting mine from my diary to here as I now find them quite interesting. In the last week of Jan 2020, I flew from my home in …
Born from the leftovers of an ancient stellar system, Raised by the collision of parochial asteroids. Misconceived, misunderstood I picked my bits, and wandered alone in the depths of lonely space. A dark, distant, cold meteor, seeking the unknown. Misconceived, misunderstood Change your trajectory, meet the world, they said. So I hurtled and jostled at …