Writer's Journey Continues...

As promised a few days ago, I am back with this blog. Writing is a passion, but how do we channelize and shape it?
For me, it comes in the form of an idea while I am cooking. Or when I am sitting in a bus. One of the reasons I prefer public transport to driving is because I can dream as much as I want. I can ponder over ideas, make notes about chapters to my book. Imagine if I were to drive...
Never.
Coming back to developing an idea, all one needs is to write a very clear draft of an idea that just got into your mind. Do not worry. You will have enough time to develop it. But also bear in mind that, there are times when a particular idea you made a draft into, might not even take a shape of few sentences or paragraphs. And that means, it does not have that power, energy to flow into a full story. Never mind. But do not discard it. Someday, you might get your imagination flowing in that direction and you might turn it into a full length book. Yes, it has happened to me. I never discard any notes I jot down.

On days when I am hit by the writer's block, I visit those notes and check if I can create something out of it. If nothing helps, I just start reading a good book, or watch a movie. and if nothing works, I start cooking. That is a real stress buster and gives me the push to go back to my writing.

You have the freedom to do whatever it takes to get back into the flow of creating, working on that idea. But remember to never ever give up on that idea. You have to sit with that idea and work on it. develop it, shape it. It might get frustrating. But the end result, (which will be your creation) will make you proud. Creating and writing a story is worth all this and more.

Meanwhile, my publisher Cresco Books has created an author's page on Amazon and Flights of Freedom is listed on Goodreads.com as well.

Here is a link https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25587311-flights-of-freedom.