Writing With A Knife

Writing With A Knife

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Writing With A Knife episodes

  • On Loneliness & Fiction

    What does it mean to be lonely and what does one do about it ? What are some great works of writing about loneliness ? We talk about all this and why the protagonist in Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is such a remarkable character.


    57 min
  • That Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda's writing will make you feel deeply for people and causes whom you would have felt have nothing to do with you, but the narration is so so good that you are the character ! You live her feras, hopes, disappointments and the looming unknow that her future is all the while just hoping that she gets to be happy. A brilliant portrayal of the life of an immigrant from Nigeria to the United States. A very well written character and probabaly the smoothest narration we ever came across in a short story.

    56 min
  • Difficult to Read, More Difficult to Put Down | Darkplaces by Gilian Flynn

    There should probably be a genre called Gilian Flynn by now. Darkplaces is an amazingly written book with 3 points of narrations, a plot far from predictable and characters so grey, you struggle whom should you be rooting for. This is a murder mystery moving to and fro between the past and the present till the last chapter and the killer reveal is just so, well, killer !

    Join us as we talk about how the writing in this book is so special.

    1 hr 9 min
  • How Self Help Helped Us - Part 3 | Belief & Faith
    We talk about books that helped us to see that life truly can be a construct of your imagination as long as you allow life to teach you what you need to learn. You will eventually get there, but be open to learn what " there " is, should be or shouldn't.
    A few hours of strength in solace will give you what months of " thinking " will not. Allow yourself to grow, and grow well. In the midst of doubts is the way forward, so don't curse those doubts for they are the shrubs and bushes just before the the garden of Self Discovery. Move past them tenderly, and move forward boldly.
    Patience is a choice you can always make. And that eventually will lead to courage. Join us in the episode.
    35 min
  • How Self Help Helped Us | Part 2 | Spirituality & Strength
    We continue our 3 part episode about how certain books that Sonia and I read helped us by giving wisdom and insights about life that made it possible for us to grow better and move forward. In this one, we talk about books that built our perception on how to take life and what to do with when hit a wall. We urge our audience to share their stories about growth, and if a book has been behind it, we'd love to hear that too !
    Send us your story on [email protected]
    29 min
  • How Self-Help Helped Us - Part 1 | Perception
    A 3 part episode where Sonia and I talk about which books helped us to come to terms with the reality of life and taught us to adapt to it. In this one, both of us talk about how a particular book in our individual lives helped us to get to the first factor you need to fix your life - perception.
    17 min
  • What makes good characters ? | Writing With Sonia

    Is a story driven by its plot, or by its characters ? Why is it that certain characters make us feel so strongly about them that it's hard to keep the book down ? How can writers create such characters ? Is there a certain relationship that the writer shares with the character they create ? Sonia answers this and much more.

    39 min
  • Dignity & Greed | Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbagh

    Shanbagh Ji has written a story that takes the reader through the mind of a protagonist whose family suddenly comes out of impoverishment. We discover the unique family situation that exists inside the walls of their house and how money has made these individuals weak. A new character joins the family and challenges the status quo on matter of principle. Uncomfortable situations in the house make the protagonist feel helpless, as he is unable to find any way out of his " Ghachar Ghochar". The pacing is steady, the story runs in and out of the past just as our protagonists' mind flutters between his loyalty to his family and the love for his wife.

    1 hr 10 min
  • How to Get Your Revenge : The Author's Edition | Nocturnal Animals - Part 2

    We continue our conversation as we dive deeper into the characters and what the antagonists as well as the supporting character truly represent in the story. We discuss how the parallel story lines are connected by certain scenes and how the novel comes to affect Susan so much. We close the episode by expressing gratitude to the creators of this film. Truly, a masterpiece. This movie has been inspired by the book "Tony and Susan" now published as "Nocturnal Animals"

    34 min
  • Tom Ford's Masterpiece | Nocturnal Animals - Part 1
    Famous fashion designer Tom Ford makes one film in a decade. In Nocturnal Animals, he summons his artistic excellence to film making. Striking visuals go, excellent pacing, and amazing writing. In Part I, Sonia and Abhishek discuss the actions of every character that shape the story across genres and finally, changes their motivations.
    21 min

About Writing With A Knife

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In this podcast, writer Sonia Chauhan and host Abhishek Singh explore life through fantastic pieces of fiction. Every now and then, we read a book or a short story and then sit down to unwrap theme,…