Endings have the power to make or break a novel. They can turn an otherwise slow book into a masterpiece, or destroy a good one. A good ending needs to be fresh, new, surprising and has to make sense. It is very difficult to create, especially since if an ending was fresh twenty years ago, it’s become a cliché these days – the reader has encountered that type of ending in way … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing the Perfect Ending of a Novel
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A Conversation with Bestselling Author, Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik is a renowned author, speaker, illustrator and mythologist. He has authored over 30 books; many of them bestsellers, which articulate numerous Hindu mythologies in a way that the majority can understand. We interviewed Devdutt who also has a mythological approach to management and leadership, to find out about his work and his most recent book, which is for … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Bestselling Author, Devdutt Pattanaik
5 Young Indian Authors You Should Start Following
The Indian literary landscape is etched with a young crop of writers who are willing to experiment and share their deep personal stories with their readers. Their books feature in bestsellers lists and often they don several caps, like the writer, the celebrity and even the agony aunt. Today, the bookshelves are no longer dominated by western authors. Indian writers’ books are … [Read more...] about 5 Young Indian Authors You Should Start Following
How to Start and Run a Mastermind Group for Writers
The concept of Mastermind groups is unfamiliar to many writers, even though it’s been around since the early 40s (coined by Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich) and would be a great help to authors. It’s defined as a group that will help people solve problems by pooling the intelligence of other people. Basically, a group of people will meet on a regular basis … [Read more...] about How to Start and Run a Mastermind Group for Writers
My Writing Room by Helen Humphreys
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Even though I have a perfectly nice office on the second floor of my house, with a view over backyards to a distant line of trees, I never work there. Instead, I sit hunched over on a tatty leather couch in the living room, next … [Read more...] about My Writing Room by Helen Humphreys