Tag: Writing
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2024 was to be a busy year–I knew that at the very onset. Some things you just know will happen, no matter what. I don’t know what it’s called. Clairvoyance? Intuition? But there are other things you already have information of. For example, I already knew that in 2024, I had some career best venues…
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I organized a poll, and out of 4 choices, Top 10 Flash won. So here are my top ten stories from the year, pieces that teach a lot about structure, theme and imagery, apart from being excellently crafted. Happy Reading!
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One of the other topics that I feel should be talked about more in literature is solitude or loneliness. Both mean the same — the state of being alone, without company, whether physical or mental. But, while referring to this issue in writing, we should remember that solitude is a choice, that is to be alone and content, while loneliness…
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Part-I Glass/Fire, my latest book, will be out on November 22, 2024. It is a small book with a small press seeking a small readership. But, and I say this with emphasis, it has a big ambition; meaning, it tries many things — among them are innovative story structures, offbeat and sensitive themes, woman-centric approach, and the way it…
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If you are a writer and not living under a rock, something or the other about the Alice Munro controversy has since reached you. Do you really care about the ‘personal’ being mixed with the ‘public life’ of a writer? Or if the creative choices are guided and informed by private relationships? Or is writing,…
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Fragmentation in structure, in narrative, and in character-building can be divided into three parts: 1) Fragmentation in structure: Meaning a narrative text is subtly nudging you to pay attention through the way it is told. We’re not taking of hybrids, experimental or hermit-crab forms here, but traditional forms, and yet, by moving around the pieces,…
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Subscribe for monthly craft essays Let me begin this month’s blogpost with a poem. I suppose I am still recovering from Poetry Month’s poet interviews. In case you missed April’s highly inspirational blogpost with interesting anecdotes, useful advice and more, find it here. FORK / Charles Simic (b. 1938)This strange thing must have creptRight out…
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Fragmentation in structure, in narrative, and in character-building can be divided into three parts: 1) Fragmentation in structure: Meaning a narrative text is subtly nudging you to pay attention through the way it is told. We’re not taking of hybrids, experimental or hermit-crab forms here, but traditional forms, and yet, by moving around the pieces,…
