Writing
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I’m talking to you: Are second-person narratives in literature effective?
James Peacock, The Conversation
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How to be a writer: Why everyone should learn to write their own messy stories
Sayantani Dasgupta
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Meet Aqui Thami from Darjeeling, whose travelling library is putting the spotlight on women’s books
Urvashi Bahuguna
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The poet as architect: How poems are designed and constructed to convey the sense of space
Sumana Roy
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You’re prepared for the agonising writing of your first book, but nobody warns you about the second
Tashan Mehta
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Embracing your complicated family and four other lessons on fiction writing from Amy Tan
Harsimran Gill
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Inside Sangam House: A poet offers a glimpse into India’s only funded residency for writers
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Other Colours
Scroll Staff
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Publishers insist writers stick to one genre. But what if they don’t want to be a ‘genre author’?
Kiran Manral
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Memo to writers: Will you let a computer co-author your next novel?
Leah Henrickson, The Conversation
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‘It’s excitingly dangerous to write right up against the present moment:’ Salman Rushdie
Oindrila Mukherjee
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How to make your own creative writing course, with a little help from well-known writers
Devapriya Roy
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Why are writers and critics around the world worrying about (or ignoring) cultural appropriation?
Scroll Staff
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‘A poem is a conversation I hope to have with a reader’: Annie Zaidi
Rohini Kejriwal
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Pro tips from millennial writers on how to write despite the seduction of social media
Devapriya Roy
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This is how the world’s great writers actually made a living. (It wasn’t from their books)
Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
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Let’s face it, writing is hell. But that is what makes some of it ‘world leading’
Dominic Wyse, The Conversation
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Eight reasons that even a good book is rejected by publishers
Kanishka Gupta
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Less creativity, more writing. This book has no-bullshit advice for creative writers
Amrita Kumar
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Why this author just hates the fiction writing orgy known as #NaNoWriMo
Krishna Udaysankar