Storizen Magazine August 2018 Issue | Chiranjiv Patel VI | Page 58

STORIZEN   INTERVIEW
AUTHOR
INTERVIEWS
curating stuff for
friends, I love
putting together
outfits and
suggesting home
décor and art to
anyone who seeks
an input from me.
What advice
would you give
our readers –
aspiring writers
who want to
pursue their
careers in
writing?
I would advise any
writer – whether a
novelist or a poet or
a screenwriter – to
write from a place
of truth. Find that
one element of truth
in anything you
wish to write about
and let that truth
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Who is your biggest
help you spin
the with her book
Anuradha
Prasad
critic? Apart from all
fiction around it. A
'Coming Back Home'
writer’s best friend
is research. Know
the world you are
going to create, the
components of it
inside out, know it
so well that you can
write a thesis on it. I
am an academician
at heart and I love
research, so that is
a big plus. And a
well-researched
book is utterly
delightful to read,
because even if
most of your
research does not
find its way in your
story, your
command over it
will help you craft
your narrative with
utter confidence
and familiarity.
STORIZEN MAGAZINE
the best-selling
numbers, accolades,
interviews and fame,
what makes YOU feel
successful as a writer?
My boyfriend Benoy, I
would say, is the
toughest to please. He
constantly pushes me to
seek more and keep
expanding my
boundaries. He is my
best friend and my
muse.
The trappings of
success, even in my film
career, don’t exult me
much. I enjoy it, I feel
deeply grateful for all the
praise and the reviews
and messages from
people, who might be
complete strangers. It is
a humbling thought
AUGUST 2018