Story prompts, as talked in the last episode - How to get ideas, are important tools for a writer. They give you inspiration but that's only one of the few things they do.In this episode, Surya T talks about word prompts and how they work for a...

Often writers talk about how difficult it is to start something. Lack of ideas is the primary reason among most others.  However, it is not that hard to get out of the rut of not being able to get ideas. There are some ways to get ideas when you are...

Understanding a character, the scene, and conflict is an important task on the writer's journey. Without proper understanding or improper information, the characters you write end up incomplete.In this episode, Surya T talks about how important research...

Why some blockbuster movies have no great story? A movies has something more than just a book or other movies.In this episode, Surya T talks about the reasons why sometimes story isn't the driving factor of success and why.Become a patron with less than...

How do you if Mr. Nice guy is actually nice? By making him do a bunch of nice things even though he goes out of his way to do so. How do you form an impression on a person or a character? This process is called Establishing a character.In this Episode,...

The COVID pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in every business. Zoom has replaced Skype as the commonly used method of video-conferencing and people are adjusting to the distance from their colleagues. This is one of the best examples of a...

On recommendation by a friend, Sakshi, I watched the Venom movie finally. Post the movie, I realized there's a lot of opportunity for the movie and in this episode, I will be doing a review of the movie from the story perspective. This is a segment...

Writing is hard. Genuinely and anyone who's ever written a substantial amount would tell you the same. So, what are the reasons for me choosing writing and sticking with it?In this episode, Surya T talks about what writing means to him and how important...

Culture keeps changing. What was today absurd was once normal to the people at the time. Cultures are human-made and that means we can change them. But changes in culture are not easy. They are hard to change.In this episode, Surya T talks about how...

Change is a constant. Our experiences change across time and the best way to understand this is to re-visit what we once visited. We can see this change and this helps us better understand how we write.In this episode, Surya T gives us a few examples...