Ep 242: India's Security State
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Is That When You Begin Writing?
In a workshop, prem shared an anecdote about her own writing process. She was struck by the idea that we should never be the hero of a story. We all write florid style in our youth when we're trying to be impressive and wiches. But then eventually you learn to take that out and just do justice to the story. When i am walking, i'm usually thinking about what should come nextdand that process goes on through the day while iam driving. One more thing which makes it possible for me to write two books in five years is that i can do multiple things at once. I like multi-tasking but sometimes my mind keeps racing with new ideas
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