In this episode, I had a chat with author Nikesh Shukla. You may have heard him in Season 1 where the two of us looked at a listener’s first page. If you’re not familiar with his work he’s written three novels so far: Coconut Unlimited which was nominated for the Costa, Meatspace and his latest, The One Who Wrote Destiny. He’s got a fourth, a YA title, called Run, Riot coming out in June of this year. He also edited a collection of essays called The Good Immigrant which, after a successful Unbound funding campaign, went on to huge critical acclaim, sold a bunch of copies and won a Readers’ Choice Award. As Nikesh mentions at the beginning, we’re both sleep-deprived dads so, it takes us a little while to get to the punch but I think you’re going to get a lot out of this talk. He’s modest and self-deprecating but we talk about craft and finding what a story’s really about and the story of his latest book is a journey that’s taken nearly 20 years. Really inspiring. This is a great episode to listen to if you want to know: - what are different ways I can approach a character's 'voice'? - how can I decide what to write about? - what's the best way to approach a writing routine? - who should I be writing for? THE ONE WHO WROTE DESTINY: https://wordery.com/the-one-who-wrote-destiny-nikesh-shukla-9781786492784#oid=1908_1 MEATSPACE: https://wordery.com/meatspace-nikesh-shukla-9780007565078#oid=1908_1 COCONUT UNLIMITED: https://wordery.com/coconut-unlimited-nikesh-shukla-9780704372047#oid=1908_1 THE GOOD IMMIGRANT: https://wordery.com/the-good-immigrant-nikesh-shukla-9781783523955#oid=1908_1 THE ART OF THE NOVEL: https://wordery.com/the-art-of-the-novel-nicholas-royle-9781907773655#oid=1908_1 And of course you can get my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1