I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.
From Ashwin Sanghi
We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.
I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.
After preliminary research, I zero in on an idea, and then I spend at least four months exploring the topic and in plot-building. I jot down every single detail of the plot as bullet points per chapter, and only when the skeleton is complete do I start writing.
I feel luck plays a vey crucial role in determining the success of the book. Marketing a book is also very important. You need to try all tricks in the trade.
What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for disappointment with every success that you deliver because with every success you raise your readers' expectations.
I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction.
Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept its mouth shut?
Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed.
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