It’s easy for you to say, people respond when I make that claim. But I still maintain, anyone can become a writer. Writing is nothing but correct, perhaps even good language, and imagination. To prove this, I conducted a small session, something like tag a story. And everyone was amazed at the outcome. They didn’t know [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Anyone can become a writer
Posted in General Gyan, Short Story, tagged Short Story, writing on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How do you begin writing?
Posted in General Gyan, Novel, Screenplay, tagged Books, characters, Novel, plot, structure, vonnegut, writing on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“What rule do you follow? Do you outline your entire story/book before beginning? Or do you just structure the novel, e.g., broad areas of conflict? Or do you just begin?”
I carried out this discussion in one of my groups. You see, I’m a very insctinctive sort of a writer. I’ve always found it fun to [...]
Why James Bond works and Ethan Hunt doesn’t
Posted in Movie Reviews, Screenplay, tagged Movies, review, writing on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other day I caught Mission Impossible III on the telly. I was surprised since I didn’t know it had even released! And I’m usually very clued in about such things. I mentally kicked myself because when I thought about it, I did remember seeing a picture of Tom Cruise at an MI:III promotional event [...]
WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT?
Posted in General Gyan, Novel, Screenplay, tagged Books, Screenplay, writing on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
People often ask me what do I write? Now this is a very tricky question. I’m tempted to tell them to write whatever they are passionate about, what they believe in and if they believe it will make a good story. But, what you might believe in may not sell-able. You are truly in a [...]
The art of dramatic / creative writing
Posted in Novel, Screenplay, tagged Books, Lajos Egri, reading, Screenplay, Syd Field, writing on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve decided to write for the screen, chances are you’ve already scoured the bookstores for reading material on the same. (If you haven’t, you ought to ) Chances are even greater that your local bookstores will only store books on screenplay writing penned by a certain Mr. Syd Field (when they do so at [...]
Taare Zameen Pe
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged film-making, movie, review, Screenplay, story on March 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I know it’s rather late in the day to be commenting on Taare Zameen Par, but as they say, better late than never. I also know it’s not fashionable to unfavorably critique TZP, nevertheless I’m going to do so. At the outset, let it be understood that it is a good film, an extremely effective [...]
What is a screenplay?
Posted in Screenplay, tagged Bollywood, Movies, Screenplay, script, story, writing on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What is a screenplay?
Lots of people ask me what a screenplay is. So let’s get back to basics. For those who are familiar with the term, please bear with me.
Screenplay is just what it says: screen+play. Basically it is a description of how the story will play out on screen. It is essentially a story [...]
How it all began
Posted in General Gyan, tagged Books, Indian Screenwriting, Indian Writing, Movies on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my profile, people often ask me all sorts of questions related to writing. How did I get the courage to give it all up? I just did. It all happened with the frightful realization that half my life was over (figuratively speaking, not literally, I hope) and I hadn’t done any of the [...]
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