Writers' Cavern

Na tional   No vel   Wr iting   Mo nth is essentially a writing challenge. The idea behind it is to challenge writers across the globe to finish a 50,000-word novel in a month. While many of you are probably already prepping and getting psyched for the big event, this is my first year participating in it and I would like to share with you a few tips which I’ve learned from published authors. Here we go. ·  HAVE A PLAN : You don’t necessarily have to make a detailed outline. And what making a plan or prepping might mean to you will totally depend on your style.   If you’re 100%   pantser, maybe prepping just means knowing the basic premise for your story. Write a one sentence pitch before you write the draft so that you can ensure that your focus stays intact. Refer it while writing so that you can keep to the point of the story. And that still leaves the door to pantsing wide open, if that is what you want to do. If you are a hybrid writer,...

We love writing. Indeed, we might not even be able to think about a life devoid of writing. Nevertheless, we too are humans and won’t be able to perform a routine task on a daily basis like a computer. At times our emotions thwart our desire to pursue our dreams. In this post, I will be sharing with you a few simple steps that’ll help you write when you don’t want to. 1.    Break down your work In case you are feeling overwhelmed the first thing you must do is to break down your work and formulate a plan. Thinking about the volume of work, before even starting it, will discourage you from starting the work itself. Even after formulating a plan and you’re still feeling overwhelmed, you just have to take it one step at a time. If you isolate your problems and tackle them separately, then it’s a lot easier to digest what you have to do. 2.    Ask yourself why you’re dreading the writing Often the reason for not wanting to write is when you don’t real...

Y ou’ve always been a reader – perhaps you may not be even aware of the number of pearls of information at the bottom of your oceanic subconscious mind. And now you are reading all the ‘how to’ books on writing. You’re attending seminars and conferences on writing or researching the vast internet for the right material that will help you polish your skills. Whoopee! You have arrived at the right place. Here are 8 simple tips that’ll help you become a better writer. OBSERVE : Everyone might say in order to become a successful writer you need to read, read and read. But reading is just a part of the most important trait that a writer must have - observation. In order to express an idea, we must first fully understand it. And mere reading about an idea limits our observation to the eyes. The key to becoming better observers is to work with all your senses to capture every dimension of an idea. Rely on your sight, sound, touch, smell and taste to write a book. And as a writer you ...