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I recently came across a blog post titled, “The one secret to successful blogging”. Of course, I was hooked and I decided to go ahead and read the entire post. When I was finished I was more disappointed than anything else. Looking back, I think whenever I have come across any post or article that…
Writing is a craft, and every writer is a craftsman. Words are the basic tools that writers use to bring out the best in their work. Like any other craft, the best results can be achieved only with the best of tools. Even if you possess a good set of tools, you need to constantly…
A few years back, I was narrating a story I was working on to a friend. After patiently listening to my story, he suddenly sat up straight, and asked, “Have you copied it from somewhere? It sounds like something I have read before.” You think that you have come up with a great story, and…
I don’t enjoy cooking, and I don’t like watching reality shows. As a result, I don’t watch the Master Chef shows on TV. But, as usually happens, one day I was forced to watch the show. The circumstances which forced me to watch the show are not important. What is important, however, is the fact…
A blog is a place where one writes, for others to read. Now, why one would want to be read is a question whose answer may vary from one writer to another, but, whatever one’s reason for wanting to be read may be, there is another question that needs to be asked by every writer:…
Ours is a weird world. Most of the times we either have too much of a thing, or too little. We hardly ever have the right amount of anything, even words. A writer’s job is to write. But, how many words are needed to describe an emotion, a scene, or an event is arbitrary. I…