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YouTube: 3 Clichés to Avoid in Novels

For this week’s video on #WordsAndWordsmith, I present the 3 clichés that you must avoid when #writing a #Novel

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YouTube: 10 Easy Tips on Novel Writing for Beginners

For this week’s video, I present my top 10 tips on #Novel #Writing for #Beginners on #WordsAndWordsmith. Watch the video here or on YouTube: (https://youtu.be/jkGv2hldl_8https://youtu.be/jkGv2hldl_8) 

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YouTube: 5 Must-Haves in Storyboarding for E-Learning

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I’ve just released my new video on YouTube.

For this week’s video, I present my 5 #Must-Haves in #Storyboarding for E-Learning on #WordsAndWordsmith. Watch the video here or use this link: https://youtu.be/TZqnIbuZozc

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Only You

Last week, while cleaning up my bookshelf, my wife dug out a collection of my old, yellowed notebooks that had gotten buried under books.

To my surprise, the collection had everything in it from the notes from my previous professional stints to the notes I took way back in my school days. Even though my wife was witnessing a journey backward in quite literally the bits and pieces of those yelllowed pages, the journey was breathtakingly refreshing and energizing. I’ve realizesd that traveling back in time, even though momentarily, is a good remedy and escape from this on-going anxiety called present.

Amongst the notes, she found a poem that, on a folded paper, was tucked inside a notebook. To her surprise, my handwriting looked completely different back then—she liked that version of my handwriting. To my surprise, my writing seemed completely different back then. She thought it was more artistic. I thought it was pretty lame of me to concentrate on rhyming words just for the sake of it. Thinking past our contrasting thoughts, we discovered that the poem had also unfolded with it a flood of memories, none of which were inked on the paper and yet had left their marks. Thank you, Shambhavi, for taking up this long-due task of cleaning.

I hadn’t titled the poem back then—I can’t remember why. I am doing so now. And for what the poem conveys, or at least what I THINK I wanted to convey through it, I cannot think of any better title. After a few trials, when we had successfully failed at clicking a reproducable picture of the poem, I resorted to writing it down for you.

YouTube: Clutter-free Writing

For this week’s video, I am sharing my top 5 tips for clutter-free writing. Whether it is fiction writing or everyday emails, it is important to get you point across easier and faster. I hope the tips I provide help you write better.

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Your appreciation will motivate me to write better, work better, and create more such videos.

YouTube: Write Better Backstories

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For this week’s video, I have chosen to talk about backstories. Through this video, we will discuss answers to 5 key questions on backstories. And, by the end of this video, we will be able to #WriteBetterBackstories.

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YouTube: 5 Must-Haves to Write a Great Story

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My new video for this week is out now on YouTube. In this week’s video, I’m discussing my top 5 must-haves to write a great story.

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3 Key Takeaways from Apple Event 15 Sep 2020

So, as Apple concluded its first big event, a first online event, for 2020, I could not help but think how carefully it designed and integrated everything into that one big thing that matters. This post is a result of that contemplation, and here’s what I’ve found:

Watching the Wrist: Listening Well Enough

As parents, we appreciate if our children listen to us. In fact, as friends, we want the people within our inner circle to do the same. And, as customers, it delights us when the companies we invest our hard-earned monies into be receptive toward our needs.

Amidst the testing times of COVID-19, therefore, it is heartwarming that a major part of the announcement of the new iteration of Apple’s smartwatch was dedicated to fitness and health. It shows us how Apple believes this product can and will play a big role for the company.

Everyone tries to focus on fitness, but we all know how far have the Samsung Health and Google Fit have been able to achieve in comparison to what Apple has managed to do with its Apple Health App alone, not even counting what Apple Watch contributes to it.

Product Integration: Together, Better

Most of the Apple products are brilliant not because they are extravagantly designed or packed with features, but because they are packed with features that you need and want at the same time. I see that the brilliance of their devices is not in making them complex to operate but simple and seamless to use.

When I got my MacBook Pro, I didn’t have to type in my home Wi-Fi password. Because I had logged into the laptop using my Apple credentials, it logged in effortlessly. It was only when the browser opened into my favourite sites that I realized that the laptop had done for me. It were countless such episodes that made me realize what the others had been saying until then: one Apple device can only do so much, but more than one Apple device can do so much more!

With this year’s announcement of the Apple Watch SE, Apple wants us to do just that. We wished our parents and children to have an Apple Watch for them and Apple gave it to us. All those devices work and connect via our iPhones so that either side of the spectrum of age can use it without much fiddling with the technology.

Apple One: Sustainable Income and SIPs

The one thing that everyone wants for their company is a long-term source of income. And that holds true for even Apple. With more new and better products in the market every year, it is important for them to hold on to their customer base for not what they are providing but also how they are providing it.

It is this combination of their Hardware and Software that essentially creates an experience for their customers. With the new Apple One Bundle and the Fitness+ offering, I believe, they have hit the sweet spot. At least, I am sold. I use two of the four services available in India and for an additional sum of a meagre 37 INR per month, I can use two more services. Can you now see the impact it has? I could be a price-sensitive customers, and I understand that. But even those who aren’t will appreciate that Apple has gone a few steps ahead of the compeition, if they had any, with their new range of products, offerings, and software. It is a systematic investment plan where I am sure that my data is safe, privacy is safeguarded, and voice is heard and responded to.

Yes, there was a time when they were imposing us to use their products. But things have changed since then. They are more receptive and responsive. And with their vision for a 100% carbon neutral company by 2030, they are also playing responsibly. This traid of being receptive, responsive, and responsible will, I can safely assume, bring positive results for them.

If that’s their plan, I am in.

YouTube: 5 Challenges for Learners of English as a Second Language

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My new video for this week is out now. The topic for this week’s video is 5 Challenges for Learners of English as a Second Language.

Instead of sharing tips for the English language learners, I’ve shared what challenges they face and how they can overcome those challenges.

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YouTube: 5 Must-Haves in a Book Review

Hey there! Are you writing a book review and don’t know what to include? Here are five must-haves in a book review. My new video is now out on YouTube. Watch it here, now:

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