What if I say, I don’t care anymore? What if I say it not in rage, But in the hush of giving up? What if I say life means nothing? What if I say the meaning? Has melted like sugar in stormwater? What if I say I’m ready to give up? What if I say […]
I don’t count my friends in numbers I count them in echoes— The ones who laugh when I laugh, Who clap when I only whisper dreams, Who don’t ask why when I say “What if we built a bookstore on the moon?” They say, “Yes, and let’s paint it warm grey.” They are the soft […]
I long for the love that I don’t have. I yearn for the home that does not exist. Where fingers trace stories on windows of rain, And silence sits soft like a kiss on the wrist. I wander in places my feet never touched, Where moonlight remembers the names I forget. The hearth I imagine […]
Sitting out there in open Among the broken pieces of my wall of creativity Fluttering of paper Falling of stones The earth is still shaky… Not too much! It’s a gentle lull. A lull…to keep rocking those who are sleeping into deep sleep. Not that ferocious like it was in the morning That moment when […]
Sense of humour is hard to develop, hard to comprehend, hard to transmit and hard to capture. So all in all, if you are trying to present your point of view in a light-hearted tome then you are immature. Whereas if you present the same issue with a fully loaded vocabulary and in an extremely […]
Writing a book or marketing a book: which is a herculean task? You as a writer know how to write but the question is; how to market your book? Writing a book is one of the toughest jobs. It requires your sweat and blood; not to mention many sleepless nights and disturbed sleep. But if […]
The most important thing for a writer is to plan his screenwriting schedule. It is advised to plan your time so that you move towards your goals at least an inch every week. These small efforts of every day, enables you to have a greater achievement at the end of a year or 6 months […]
Writers’ over-ambition can actually kill the buzz in specific scenes, especially when it comes to sex and action scenes. Generally, it has been observed these scenes are written when the writer has nothing to write or he cannot think for his characters to do anything worthy. Use the SEX scenes wisely. Rather than just writing […]
Sometimes the writers get stuck; sort of writer’s block, to come up with an exciting idea for a story. Basically, it’s not such a complicated feat to pen down a good story. Ask yourself the following questions, if you ever find yourself not motivated enough to write a good screenplay: What are you most passionately […]
After having the basic understanding of the plot structure and the basic elements, be assured that you can start your start from anywhere. The simple litmus test for a story is to check the following questions – provided you have an idea or a character or a beginning or an end. Who would consider the […]