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Every writer is familiar with the word count conundrum. After pouring hours into a write-up, cutting it down to meet a word-limit feels oddly uninspiring. However, I’ve personally discovered that challenging myself to tackle ruthless word-counts through short story contests can act as a springboard to improve my longer projects and make my prose shine…
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So I just read “Innards”, a short-story excerpt in the Summer edition of the granta literary journal. Written like a lyric on generational debt and trauma, ‘Innards’ blends the graphic truth with surreal fantasy with its unique narration and prose. This is a bold literary venture that plunges the depths of soul-seeking in literature.
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Meiyazhagan is a south-Indian movie about a middle-aged man who visits his hometown. It’s a story of love, friendship, the usual cliches, all interpreted in an extraordinary manner. Want to break it down with me?
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Cesspool is not a very pretty word. But things stay stagnant, latent, dormant in a cesspool. They’re frozen in time, just like your beautiful, chaotic, masterpiece of a mind. Want to dig through it to mine for gold with me?
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I recently read a few poems out of The Poet X, a book by Elizabeth Acevedo. It was a poignant, heartfelt and raw allegory of a young poet in Harlem. It got me thinking about my own start as a poet, and I realized it has been quite the journey since that first poem about…
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Let’s face it, we all have wondered what our writing style REALLY looks like. But I have come to realize that the answer has been staring me dead in the face all along. Want to try and find it with me?
Story Scientist 