Story Behind the Stories- How to Lose a Fortune in 10 Weeks

I am back with the fifth instalment of Story behind the stories. This week I will be talking about How to lose a fortune in 10 weeks which is chapter 8 of Into the Light 

  How to Lose a Fortune in 10 Weeks 

I love historical romance. There, I said it. Contemporary romances are great but historical romance allows you that extra space to fantasize. Contemporary situations are realistic. A skyscraper looks like a skyscraper, a job feels like a job and breakups are breakups. We live in a society where these things are a part of our reality. 

However, any story that takes place in another time period comes with an extra element of imagination. The grass always looks greener on the other side. You can’t help but wonder how your life would be if you lived in that era. The London balls, the titled heroes, the gowns and the romance come with an inbuilt ‘glamour quotient’. Nobody ever says that historically, people bathed only once a week or that the women didn’t have any voting rights. That is part of the fantasy. The fact that we can’t go back to the time period and see the intricacies of their struggle adds fuel to the glamour. 

Anyway, this story is not a romance. It is a historical comedy. I must also confess at this point that I didn’t research the historical aspect of it. I went with whatever felt right. The setting allowed many plots to emerge. This story was fun to write because it is full of twists. ‘Historical comedy’ was also a new genre for me. I have the feeling that I just invented that word. 

How to lose a fortune in 10 weeks is another story that will leave your surprised. The genre, the plot, the story and the setting were all very new to me. However, I enjoyed writing the story immensely. The best part about writing it was not knowing what came next. I also  like the graphic that I made for it. 

Well, that was me ranting about my writing experiences. If you want to give How to Lose a Fortune in 10 Weeks a try, you can find a short preview on my blog. I will link it at the end of this post. Into the Light, my debut short story collection contains the full version of this story. It releases on 28th October, 2015. 

Thank you for reading through this post. I will see you again with another anecdote soon. Follow ‘The Story behind stories’ series on my blog or through my social media. If you want to support me, click on the link below to purchase ‘Into the Light’, my debut short story collection that contains ‘How to lose a fortune in 10 weeks’ and eight other stories. 

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