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Started this discussion. Last reply by Pooja Pillai Apr 23, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
It's awfully hot and I have a deadline looming over me. I need to send a couple of chapters to a publisher in the next few days and I'm barely getting any work done. I find that I take a nap, eat a…Continue
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Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'What have you written this week?' in the group Procrastinators Write Eventually
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Your First Novel
Are you in the process of writing your first novel? Share the ups and downs of your narrative journey!
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'Getting Organized: Files, Folders, Outlines, Index Cards & Software' in the group Novelists (Struggling or Not)
"Wow Katherine...I see how your process can be very useful for me to adopt. My style at the moment is just too messy and instinctive. Do you prepare these cues before you actually begin writing at all? I tried doing an outline once, but I lost the…"
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'Worst Writing Advice' in the group Novelists (Struggling or Not)
"I think the worst advice I ever got was 'learn to write like Hemingway'. My teacher hated lush, descriptive styles and would insist on us using the sparest of sentences. I understand it would have made us better editors of our own writing,…"
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'What have you written this week?' in the group Procrastinators Write Eventually
"Haven't really accomplished much this week, but I did finish writing an article that a magazine editor commissioned from me. I have also finally finished reading a book I was struggling with for almost 10 days. Now all I need to do is write a…"
Kelli Swearingen replied to the discussion 'Motivation'
"Quit talking more doing is what i repeatedly have to beat into my brain. I stop everything and write. My reasoning? All the stuff i "need" to be doing will be there when im done writing,whereas my ideas will not be. I justify it as long as…"
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Motivation
It's awfully hot and I have a deadline looming over me. I need to send a couple of chapters to a publisher in the next few days and I'm barely getting any work done. I find that I take a nap, eat a meal, do the laundry...everything, except WRITE! How do you people motivate yourself to write and keep on writing?See More
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'What did you blog about Today?' in the group Blogging about Books and Writing!
"I blogged about A Calendar Too Crowded by a first-time author Sagarika Chakraborty. It is quite an interesting concept that she has tackled, about how there are so many 'Days' in a year that acknowledge women and their issues, and how we…"
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'Script Frenzy?'
"This is the first time I've heard of it, but it sounds so interesting! Also, timely, because I have just been asked to develop one of my story outlines into a script. This is a good thing! Who else is writing or planning to write scripts? "
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'What did you blog about Today?' in the group Blogging about Books and Writing!
"I wrote about my first James Hadley Chase and I touched upon Chase's treatment of women in his books.
http://congenitallydisturbed.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/book-6-this-way-for-a-shroud-by-james-hadley-chase/"
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'What did you blog about Today?' in the group Blogging about Books and Writing!
"I wrote a blog about one of my favourite books 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt.
http://congenitallydisturbed.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/book-29-donna-tartts-the-secret-history/
I love how it addresses one of the most…"
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Novelists (Struggling or Not)
Novelists - published or not - chatting about beginnings, muddy middles, dang endings, what to do with it all. Please don't shout (all caps, big images) or post links on the main wall except as part of the conversation. Please do include modestly sized covers in "Our Published Novels"! See More
Pooja Pillai replied to the discussion 'Twitter Roll Call for all She-Writers! Share your twitter handle!' in the group Social Networking
"I tweet at @poojaspillai"
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- Who I am:
- A former journalist, I took a leap of faith and quit my job to focus on writing full-time. I aspire to write fiction, but so far, only fragments have emerged from my brain. One day, hopefully, I'll write a complete, beautiful piece of fiction.
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- I blog at http://congenitallydisturbed.wordpress.com/
and you can find me on tweeting away as @poojaspillai
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Connecting the dots
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 10:13pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The plot for my novel came to me suddenly, and I feverishly began sketching out the details, characters and the general timeline, all in my head. So I have the general idea in place, I know all my main characters and I also know who is doing what to further the story. My only problem is...what comes in between all those major events that connect the story and form the plot? What conversations am I supposed to give these people? In other words - how do I connect the dots?
The Desperate Reader
Posted on October 2, 2011 at 12:46pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
- I have signed up for a challenge that once seemed impossible: to read 10 books in one month. In the old days of employment, I would barely manage to fit in four books a month, and even then, I couldn't say that I read more than two of them with any great focus or enjoyment. But, since life is short and I have a 'To Be Read' list as long as the Bandra-Worli Sea-link, I took on this…
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 5:32pm on November 10, 2011,
Meg Waite Clayton said… Glad to have you in the novelist group, Pooja! You might introduce yourself by telling us what you’re working on in the “Show Me Your Novel and I’ll Show You Mine” discussion if you're not too uncomfortable talking about what you're working on. We save the wall for discussion, so please refrain from linking to blog posts there, but do add them in the “Links to Helpful Blog Posts for Writers” discussion thread. And we do a live chat every Wednesday at 1EST; instructions on how to participate are in the "Our Water Cooler Wednesdays" box near the top of the group page. Hope you can join us for that.
Meg Waite Clayton
Novelist Group Moderator
Bestselling Author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, The Wednesday Sisters, and The Language of Light, a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize
- At 8:13am on June 1, 2011,
Jill Starishevsky said…
Hi Pooja,
Welcome to SheWrites. It is a great place to meet some interesting people. Feel free to reach out if you need anything.
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
http://www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com
- At 7:50am on May 30, 2011,
Kamy Wicoff said… Hi Pooja, and welcome to She Writes! We are so glad you found us. If you need help getting started, you can visit our very helpfully named "Getting Started" page. Another good way to dive in is by exploring the groups. Again, glad you are here, and I hope you find She Writes a supportive, productive place to be.
Warm best,
Kamy Wicoff (Founder, She Writes)
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