Hello fabulous readers and writers,
Welcome to a new series of blog posts where eight of us – Devika Fernando, Preethi Venugopala, Paromita Goswami, Adite Banerjie, Ruchi Singh, Sudesna Ghosh, Saiswaroopa Iyer and I – will post on a myriad of writing-related topics with the topic corresponding to the Alphabet of the Week.
Here is the list; it will be populated as soon as each post goes live – read at your leisure:
A
Authenticity in Writing: Adite Banerjie
A is for Anti-Heroes: Reet Singh
Authorpreneur: Devika Fernando
ABDCE Plotting Formula: Preethi Venugopala
B
Building a Routine, Backstories, Beta-readers and Backup: Preethi Venugopala
Blogging as an author: Sudesna Ghosh
Balancing work, life and writing: Saiswaroopa
Background work: Adite Banerjie
Burnout and Writer’s Block: Reet Singh
Backstory: Ruchi Singh
Blurbs: Reet Singh
C
Cover design: Sudesna Ghosh
Conflict, Character sketches & Climax: Preethi Venugopala
Coauthoring: Devika Fernando
Clichés in writing: Reet Singh
Crafting stories: Adite Banerjie
C is for Community: Saiswaroopa
D
Deus ex Machina: Adite Banerjie
Dialogues, Drafts, Developments and Dictionaries: Preethi Venugopala
Dialogue Tags: Reet Singh
E
Epilogues: Devika Fernando
Editing: Sudesna Ghosh
Explode a moment: Preethi Venugopala
Exposition: Ruchi Singh
F
Character Flaws: Adite Banerjie
First-person narration: Devika Fernando
First sentence, first paragraph: Preethi Venugopala
Fantasy: Ruchi Singh
Flashback in Fiction: Reet Singh
G
Goals: Sudesna Ghosh
Grammar and writing style software: Preethi Venugopala
Google Play Books for self-publishers: Reet Singh
Genre: Adite Banerjie
H
Habits of successful writers: Sudesna Ghosh
Hooking the reader: Preethi Venugopala
Hero types: Devika Fernando
Horror in fiction: Paromita Goswami
Humor in writing: Reet Singh
I
Improving as a writer: Sudesna Ghosh
Inciting Incident: Adite Banerjie
In Medias Res (In the midst of things): Preethi Venugopala
Insecurities of a writer: Paromita Goswami
J
Journey of a fiction writer: Ruchi Singh
Jot down those ideas (Apps): Preethi Venugopala
Jealousy of other authors: Reet Singh
Jargon or slang in fiction: Devika Fernando
Juggling multiple writing projects: Adite Banerjie
K
Kindle Publishing: Sudesna Ghosh
Kill your darlings: Preethi Venugopala
Kill your readers – or better not: Reet Singh
L
Writing Love scenes: Reet Singh
Creative writing – a Leap of faith: Preethi Venugopala
Importance of Luck in writing: Adite Banerjie
M
Marketing your book: Sudesna Ghosh
Mid-point issues: Reet Singh
A magical cauldron of Memories: Preethi Venugopala
N
Writing Non-fiction: Sudesna Ghosh
Names – do they matter?: Preethi Venugopala
Niche markets in romance writing: Adite Banerjie
O
Writing the Opening Lines: Adite Banerjie
Own your writing craft: Preethi Venugopala
Outlining your story: Ruchi Singh
P
Process, Productivity, Plotting: Saiswaroopa
Prologues: Devika Fernando
Proofreading: Sudesna Ghosh
Procrastination: Preethi Venugopala
Pacing: Adite Banerjie
Point of View: Reet Singh
Q
Quick self edits: Ruchi Singh
Query letters: Preethi Venugopala
R
Research: Sudesna Ghosh
Rewriting the first draft: Preethi Venugopala
Resistance: Saiswaroopa
S
Screenwriting: Adite Banerjie
Showing and Telling: Preethi Venugopala
Social messaging: Adite Banerjie
T
Titles: Devika Fernando
Time management: Sudesna Ghosh
Themes in fiction writing: Preethi Venugopala
U
Using the senses: Devika Fernando
Unique Selling Proposition: Preethi Venugopala
V
Validation: Sudesna Ghosh
Vocabulary: Preethi Venugopala
Voice: Ruchi Singh
W
Writers’ ten commandments: Ravi Bedi
What if: Preethi Venugopala
Word count: Reet Singh
X
X-ray vision for editing: Preethi Venugopala
Y
You can become a published author: Preethi Venugopala
Z
Zodiac signs and writers: Preethi Venugopala