One of the discussion doing rounds on literary, social and knowledge sharing platforms grabbed my attention this week. In fact, the topic of this debate has been bothering me for a long time. I believe it’s time someone actually demystified it. In this blog, I will provide a laconic answer …
Events whether good or bad are a part of humans. While ordinary folks just experience these incidents, writers not only live through these moments but tend to analyze them as well. I too encounter these twists of life and then examine them through a unique prism. Yesterday, like any other …
Certain stories demand a prologue. These preceding pages are exploited by authors for a bouquet of reasons. While some employ preface to introduce a unique, fictional / actual landscape with complex characters, rituals, divisions and attributes others utilise the idea of foreword to narrate a random incident / accident which …
Recently, I was stuck to my bed for almost three weeks. My doctor specifically ordered me to cut back on the time I spent in front of the computer, that my healing process would get a quantum boost if I stayed away from it completely. I agreed wholeheartedly. I didn’t …
The history of reading dates back to the invention of writing during the 4th millennium BC ( Source: Wikipedia ). Since then both have evolved in terms of style, substance and accessibility. These twin, essential elements of literary landscape have metamorphosed into interesting strands of varying genres, sub-genres and reading …
I write articles/blog/web content for several IT and non-IT companies – a writer’s strategy to offset inflation and falling interest rates, and also to supplement monthly income. After all writers are human beings. Even they possess similar vices and virtues. To cut the long story short writing fiction doesn’t pay …
Soliloquy is a powerful device which playwrights, screenwriters and writers exploit whenever the need arises. This tool has been in existence since the Elizabethan era. Without soliloquy, it would be difficult to convey certain actions of performing and literary arts. So what exactly is a Soliloquy? In simple words, it …
There is more to Iceland than stunning landscape, rich culture, volcanoes, elves and sagas. Iceland is the bastion of written words. No way, many would challenge! Nonetheless, Iceland has more readers, writers and published books per capita than the rest of the world. However, because of its small population which incidentally hovers …
