Shuchi Singh Kalra's Blog, page 5
March 8, 2014
10 Habits Of Highly Successful Writers
Written By: Inderpreet Kaur
Writing for a living is not an easy profession because your credibility gets you more work and you need to have something to show for your skill. Finding good work and the kind you want to do is even more difficult since you are second guessing all your actions.The path to success is not an easy one, that we all have heard a million times but how do we make that ‘hard work’ really work for us?The emphasis must not be on just working but also working on making sure y...
Writing for a living is not an easy profession because your credibility gets you more work and you need to have something to show for your skill. Finding good work and the kind you want to do is even more difficult since you are second guessing all your actions.The path to success is not an easy one, that we all have heard a million times but how do we make that ‘hard work’ really work for us?The emphasis must not be on just working but also working on making sure y...
January 27, 2014
Thou Shall Now Be Pronounced "Author"!
Written By: Shuchi Singh Kalra
AUTHOR. AUTHOR. AUTHOR. The word has been ringing about in my head ever since it sunk in that my first book will be out less than one month from now. Yes, less than a month! Trust me, I wasn’t half as nervous when I was being wheeled into the operation theatre for an emergency c-section. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but you get the drift. Things are happening at a maddening pace around here, and now its time to pull out the marketing canons. All the blitzkr...
AUTHOR. AUTHOR. AUTHOR. The word has been ringing about in my head ever since it sunk in that my first book will be out less than one month from now. Yes, less than a month! Trust me, I wasn’t half as nervous when I was being wheeled into the operation theatre for an emergency c-section. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but you get the drift. Things are happening at a maddening pace around here, and now its time to pull out the marketing canons. All the blitzkr...
January 22, 2014
Looking To Start A Blog?
Written By: Richa Satpute
Writing is the most solitary task that you will ever undertake. It entails baring your thoughts, opinion and most importantly your soul to the world. The very thought of it made me nervous when I first set out to write my own blog a few months ago. So it helps when there is help at hand. Someone to give useful guidance and tips on helping you to get started and staying on the right track.Read more »
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Writing is the most solitary task that you will ever undertake. It entails baring your thoughts, opinion and most importantly your soul to the world. The very thought of it made me nervous when I first set out to write my own blog a few months ago. So it helps when there is help at hand. Someone to give useful guidance and tips on helping you to get started and staying on the right track.Read more »
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January 16, 2014
Money Management And Financial Planning For Writers
Written By: Vijay Sankaranarayanan
Investing wisely is a challenge for most people. If you are however a self-employed writer, then the importance of a financial plan matters more since fundamental luxuries such as assured and regular cash flow are not available to you. A self-employed person needs to be careful to ensure that he or she has enough savings corpus created, so that this crucial aspect is taken care of.
Now, I know that most of you are young writers, and creative people like u...
Investing wisely is a challenge for most people. If you are however a self-employed writer, then the importance of a financial plan matters more since fundamental luxuries such as assured and regular cash flow are not available to you. A self-employed person needs to be careful to ensure that he or she has enough savings corpus created, so that this crucial aspect is taken care of.
Now, I know that most of you are young writers, and creative people like u...
January 15, 2014
Be your own Michelangelo: A Guide for Newbie Writers
Written By: Palak Shah
For all the newbies like me, who ponder time and again, whether they should plunge in the ocean of writing or not; must read this. I easily empathize with those in such predicament. However, I have come out of this situation as a winner by understanding the Michelangelo in me.
The world knows Michelangelo as the greatest artists of all time. But what many of us do not know that he was also a human being; an immortal just like all of us. He possessed a unique gift by which...
For all the newbies like me, who ponder time and again, whether they should plunge in the ocean of writing or not; must read this. I easily empathize with those in such predicament. However, I have come out of this situation as a winner by understanding the Michelangelo in me.
The world knows Michelangelo as the greatest artists of all time. But what many of us do not know that he was also a human being; an immortal just like all of us. He possessed a unique gift by which...
January 8, 2014
Being A Professional Writer - Boon Or Bane?
Written By: Ravi Kumar
Calling myself a wright by keeping track of a sequence of events in life is no herculean task in one way. At times, I support my reasoning by being literal. My version of looking at everything in life such as feeling about issues and interacting with others altered prolifically. I might have gained professionally by receiving exceptional mileage. However, I have been discrete in judging things in my own personal life. Imagine the kind of emotions experienced by a freelan...
Calling myself a wright by keeping track of a sequence of events in life is no herculean task in one way. At times, I support my reasoning by being literal. My version of looking at everything in life such as feeling about issues and interacting with others altered prolifically. I might have gained professionally by receiving exceptional mileage. However, I have been discrete in judging things in my own personal life. Imagine the kind of emotions experienced by a freelan...
Don't Let Your Desk Job Become A "Pain In The Neck"!
Written By: Annapurna Sharma
Neck pain is a common complaint seen in nearly 10% of adults. The neck carrying an assortment of nerves has the primary task of keeping the head balanced at all times. Weighing around 5 – 10 lbs the head is indeed heavier for a slender neck. Freelancers, writers and all professionals involved in continuous sitting are easy targets of pain. Pouring over loads of research material, leafing through invaluable works of esteemed authors, writing, rewriting and editing a...
Neck pain is a common complaint seen in nearly 10% of adults. The neck carrying an assortment of nerves has the primary task of keeping the head balanced at all times. Weighing around 5 – 10 lbs the head is indeed heavier for a slender neck. Freelancers, writers and all professionals involved in continuous sitting are easy targets of pain. Pouring over loads of research material, leafing through invaluable works of esteemed authors, writing, rewriting and editing a...
January 5, 2014
The Life Of A Writer - Never A Dull Moment!
Written By: Amanda Thomas (My Writer Story)
I have always been a writer. I met a school friend recently that I had not seen for many years and she reminded me that even at school I was always at the back of the class scribbling my stories on any available surface! I do remember that I spent a lot of time daydreaming and was not the most successful of students, except in English where I was spurred on by an early ten out of ten that I got for an essay entitled Jealousy -I was a very sensitive y...
I have always been a writer. I met a school friend recently that I had not seen for many years and she reminded me that even at school I was always at the back of the class scribbling my stories on any available surface! I do remember that I spent a lot of time daydreaming and was not the most successful of students, except in English where I was spurred on by an early ten out of ten that I got for an essay entitled Jealousy -I was a very sensitive y...
December 29, 2013
Did I Become A Writer Due To Destiny?
Written By: Sanjay Sett
Nearly six years have passed since I embarked on my writing career and yet it seems that it was just yesterday when I composed my first article. If I recall correctly, the year 2007 was about to end. I had no work for the last two years due to circumstances beyond by control. Thankfully, I had the foresight to put a major part of my savings in fixed deposits in my bank and the interest earned from it helped us to make ends meet. I also had the good fortune to arrange a...
Nearly six years have passed since I embarked on my writing career and yet it seems that it was just yesterday when I composed my first article. If I recall correctly, the year 2007 was about to end. I had no work for the last two years due to circumstances beyond by control. Thankfully, I had the foresight to put a major part of my savings in fixed deposits in my bank and the interest earned from it helped us to make ends meet. I also had the good fortune to arrange a...
December 27, 2013
What Makes A Writer - Imagination, Intelligence or Inspiration?
Written by: Shilpa Samant
This rhetorical question has as many valid answers as the number of thoughts it provokes. You can say ‘to each, their own’. The answer revolves around the three I’s in different proportions depending primarily upon people’s sun-sign that shall decide their personal traits and secondly, their own characterization of themselves as writers. Yes. That’s the truth. One’s perception on writing depends on one’s perception on seeing himself/herself with a scribbled note wonde...
This rhetorical question has as many valid answers as the number of thoughts it provokes. You can say ‘to each, their own’. The answer revolves around the three I’s in different proportions depending primarily upon people’s sun-sign that shall decide their personal traits and secondly, their own characterization of themselves as writers. Yes. That’s the truth. One’s perception on writing depends on one’s perception on seeing himself/herself with a scribbled note wonde...
