Ask the Author: Akash Joshi
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Akash Joshi
A brain wave, a single sentence, an odd situation, all these things inspire me. Just living every day talking to people, and seeing things inspires stories.
Akash Joshi
Working on a crime thriller with a character from my first book that I have come to love. Have ideas for all the three main characters.
Akash Joshi
Write. I think Ernest Hemingway put it beautifully.
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed."
Have a support system to back you when the things are not that rosy. Family and friends play a vital role.
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed."
Have a support system to back you when the things are not that rosy. Family and friends play a vital role.
Akash Joshi
Freedom. The chance to create memorable stories and plots. Sometimes the story and the plot surprises even the author. 'Never thought it would turn out that way.'
Akash Joshi
Take a walk, sleep over it, do anything but write for a few days. The block melts away by itself.
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