STORIZEN INDULGE
AUTHOR ' S JOURNEY
T o m e , w r i t i n g i s l i k e a d r e a m . E a c h t i m e , I s i t t o w r i t e a n y t h i n g , I m a k e i t a p o i n t t h a t i t ’ s a s w e e t o n e . I w r i t e f o r t h e s h e e r j o y o f i t .
To me , writing is like a dream . Each time , I sit to write anything , I make it a point that it ’ s a sweet one . I write for the sheer joy of it . I write because I enjoy it and that too , since childhood days . Back then , I weaved stories , wrote them and kept to myself . Yes . I also used to contribute to the school magazine . When in college , I started reviewing movies on mouthshut . com . The platforms got better with time and I continued to explore my passion further one day by writing a fullfledged manuscript . Not with any intention of getting published , but just for the creative satisfaction I would derive from it .
There was a gap of four months between the end of my MBA course and the first job . One day , I literally locked myself in my room and began writing . It took me over a fortnight to complete it and again , I kept it to myself . I enjoyed every moment of the experience . I laughed along with the fictional protagonists ; I cried with them , I got angry on some of them . I live my stories ! A few years later , I happened to share the manuscript with a few friends . They loved it and said it struck a chord ! It took me some more time to decide that I should now become a published author . Then , I began approaching publishers and my first book ‘ Once Again … With Love !’ was out . That was year 2015 . My second book ,
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