Writing never always comes naturally to you, needs practice— a lot of practice. No one has an inborn writing talent. You keep reading and keep writing for getting better at it. Also, don’t fantasize the idea of sitting on a chair and writing down amazing ideas with words flowing out like magic from your pen. It only happens in movies. Authors and various writers always give myriad ways to keep practising, habits to inculcate for improving your writing skills. Even Ruskin Bond, the Padamshree awardee author had written in one of his essays, “ Desperate writers like me will seize upon any bit of writing material when in need. And I recall that my first literary production was inscribed on sheets of toilet paper.”— Ruskin Bond. Out of all those many, many ideas; here are a selected few that are easy to apply in your daily life and mostly followed: 1) Read short and easy books initially Reading demands concentration. And let us be honest—your tiring job and social media status updates— our
Christmas is that time of year when you want to forget all your troubles and take a plunge inside the world of imagination. When reality is blurred and happy fables make way to our homes. Writing a short story on that theme is the best way to make use of all those imaginary characters that visit you in your dreams. Here a few prompts to help you if anytime you find yourself clueless: 1) A middle-aged man receives a Christmas card along with a letter forty years of it being sent. And the letter is written by the father of the man who has received it ( who thought, until now, that his father was dead and he hadn't met him all his life). 2) Someone plans a romantic boat ride with his girlfriend in Paris, but his girlfriend has some big news to reveal ( maybe she is pregnant!). What is the big news and how will it change the life of the protagonist? 3) A person on her way back from her hostel, after months, is quite excited but her journey does not turn out as she had planned and sh