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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