tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24160046210973380822024-03-13T14:23:12.319-07:00A Writer's journal of Writing and LifeMy journey of wonderful worlds of fiction through reading and writing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-15241630463062976122014-08-27T06:08:00.000-07:002014-08-27T06:12:29.925-07:00My current way of outlining!<p dir="ltr"><u>There</u> are myriad of ways and techniques in which any kind of artist work on his craft. There isn't any right or wrong way. So the discussion on whether to outline or not is pointless.</p>I am right now on pretty early stage of learning the craft of writing. So, right now, I don't know myself what work for me.<br>
My technique is a work in progress. Since I was committed from the beginning to share every aspect of this journey with you, I decided to share my current way of outlining the novel. It is working for me, maybe it will work for you guys to.<br>
What I do these days is :<div><br></div><div>• start with a <a href="http://kinzasheikh.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-power-of-story-which-is-ready.html?m=1">character who I daydream about.</a></div><div><br></div><div>• write one of his/her compelling need (the thing he needs most at the time)<br>
<p dir="ltr">•put some conflicts in his way, put a cast of characters and stuff to <u>do</u>......</p>•and write a kind of skeleton about how my story will progress</div><div><br>•after having a complete idea and skeleton sketched out, I start writing.</div><div><br>
If you are unsure of how to actually get started, try this way. It will get your muscles flowing, until the day you discover what works best for you.</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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And when I actually did, it was a mess. Words refused to come out in the paper. I was always unsure about almost anything. </div>
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Characterization, world, fantasy elements, and of course, the actual concept. There was so much work undone. </div><div><br></div>
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That wasn't nearly what actually bothered me. My problem was, in my leisure time, my mind would refuse to dig into those things. It was actually more interested in other things. Other characters in other situations always kept it filled. </div><div><br></div>
<div>And then I learned that the actual place to find a story to write isn't the bookshelf. It is the dreams, daydreams, where there are the stories ready to be told. </div><div><br></div>
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Now, after pausing my fantasy project and starting off the other one. I have completed my concept building completely, working on detailed outlining (kind of writing the first draft) and researching. I am so excited, all my work is going on so passionately. Almost everything is being work out on its own.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I would say that from now on, pick your projects from where you dream. Not your bookshelf, it will work miracles on your productivity.</div>
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So my mornings comprise of small rituals which I am currently loving; stretches. Which I&nbsp;<a href="http://michellephan.com/4-morning-stretches-to-start-the-day-off-right/">learned from Michelle Phan's website.</a><br />
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<b>Then, a quick creative brainstorming exercise. </b>Which goes like this:<br />
Sit on a comfy zone, with pen and a paper nearby. Think about a small situation_ It could be a plot issue you are currently working on.<br />
Then take a deep breath, close your eyes and let the movie play itself by your brain. Just be the audience. If you are not in a tight schedule ahead, let it flow until it stop itself and write down every detail you remember from it. But if you do have to go to work or school or some other restrictions. Set a timer in your clock, at least 15 minutes. After it buzz off, write it down and get running.<br />
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After these morning rituals, I tend to my humanly needs AKA hygiene.<br />
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Then to the most important part of the morning; breakfast.<br />
<b>Bonus tip:</b>&nbsp;Always eat it. Don't ever, ever think it unimportant. It is a really major part of life.<br />
In breakfast, it is good to consider the nutritional part and the impact part. Keep the taste part in back of the mind. You want a good head start of the day filled with tasks to be done. So eat something that would freshen up you, not slow you down. So avoid anything oily and sweet. Best breakfast, in my opinion is cereal. It helps you get filled up, it has milk so it is healthy and it tastes good too. But having an egg is a better option. Doctors recommend eating an egg a day. And there is no better time to have it then in the morning.<br />
So think about your breakfast routine wisely (and share it with me).<br />
I myself like to jump around in these two option. Someday's I experiment with new kinds of omelette's, others I just fix up a bowl of cereal and eat it.<br />
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P.S If possible, try to give morning's as much time as they deserve. Try to start off a little earlier. Mornings are best meditations and rejuvenates us in a great way. And makes our day better.<br />
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<b>Kinza Sheikh</b><br />
<b>Enjoy your life and work your passion.</b><br />
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A whole flood of links rush in your screen. Fill with complex issues like POV, sentence structure, hooking start, foreshadowing, the list goes on. And since we are talking about an absolute beginner, they ought to get confused and throw up there hands in the air and exclaim "Man! How am I supposed to do all that stuff. I am not good enough"<br />
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Without doing that, the more advice's you read, the more confused you will get. At the end, you simply won't be able to do <i>anything</i>.<br />
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So, what are you doing here? Hush! Get to work already!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-24296857497989902802014-05-30T23:10:00.001-07:002014-05-30T23:10:34.855-07:00Introducing a new series!<p dir="ltr">A couple of days ago, while I was peeking through my fav K.M Weiland's blog. I saw some of her articles were about how-to learn from other writers. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Which just clicked in my mind and after that I couldn't help myself from thinking about (while reading a book) things I am learning from it and things I can share in my blog about it. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So here I am, introducing a new series about things I learn and you can learn from other authors and their works. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So there is so much to come in coming weeks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Hoping in advance that you enjoy it. ;)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Stay tuned!</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-15851965269938655402014-05-17T11:46:00.001-07:002014-05-30T03:25:36.630-07:00Writing a book means writing rubbish!<p dir="ltr"><i>Starting</i> to write is and has always been a daunting process. For newbies like me to....  everyone around (I think I better not use the word pros here)</p>
<p dir="ltr">So when you start off with an idea, you should always be ready to do some preparation for it. It is part of the process, you have to do brainstorming, characterization, research, outlining and that's a whole bunch of rubbish in its own. <br>
In my humble opinion newbies should start of as plotters instead of pantsers. Since all  pantsers say that "dive in the work. Let the story tell itself". </p>
<p dir="ltr">But the problem here is, the stories are much like gardens. If you decide to just throw around seeds all the place and see them grow by itself first, then turn to the editing and refining part. Just imagine how much extra burden will you pull on that little soul of yours. <u>So</u> do the planning and outlining part. It is worth it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">When I decided to get started with my novel. And started writing it down. Even being done with outlining part. After 2-3 days, I literally stopped myself from writing it anymore. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Do you know what was in my mind at that time? It was the question</p>
<p dir="ltr">"Who in the world will read that rubbish?"</p>
<p dir="ltr">And what I didn't realised then was; that's the point. No one is gonna read your rubbish. So simply don't fret about it. </p>
<p dir="ltr">That is just what we call first draft. The whole idea behind the first draft is to just put down whatever is lurking in your mind.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Even some pros are reported to write around 10k words in which on 2-3k is finally published. So do keep that in mind and go wild with your work. Write all unnecessary descriptions, dialogues, even whole bunch of unnecessary scenes. That is some work on its own, but has always turned out worth it. Remember our garden analogy. Just imagine you are only planning the layout of your personal heaven in your backyard.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After you are done wit the first draft, you will have all the time in the world to edit it, so you can cut unnecessary rubbish then. Even gardens tend to have finishing touch's. But until then, write without holding back.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And on a side note; there may come a point during the reviewing process in which you find something, like some dialogue, which you really love and are proud that you have written. But that particular thing is just not fitting in the story, everyone else just says that be cruel to yourself and delete that. No matter how much you love it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I would say; don't do THAT to yourself. You would be much better off and it would be easier for you if you just cut it from your work file and paste it in another document. Which is dedicated to and should be named "Your own quotes." :D </p>
<p dir="ltr">After all, you ain't gonna get fans out there if you are not your own fan first. ;)</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-56879407465213220502014-02-25T18:56:00.001-08:002014-05-30T03:30:14.539-07:00Reading tricks!As the saying goes 'to be a good writer, one should be a good reader'. This thing made me really interested, since before I had motivated myself to become a writer; I was and has always been a bookworm.<br>
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But to do it, you must keep your conscious. The writer you're reading is trying to bring the character to life in yourself. Making you feel being in the characters mind. Instead of just getting drift by it (to simplify, he is doing an awesome thing) you should study how is s/he doing it? Pay attention to those parts. And take some notes there. They turn out to me extremely helpful.<br>
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Analyse the sentence structures, plot holes. How the characters are interacting with each other. How well is the setting described. Assume what was going on behind the scenes when it was being created.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-68255656146024795312014-02-11T01:40:00.000-08:002014-05-30T03:31:44.797-07:00The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues; Book 1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday night, I was in mood of reading a nice fantasy. I had other novel in Read-In-Progress tab, but I was in mood of something intriguing and; breath-taking. I found this one in my piles of book and just started the first page to take the hold of what the story is about? Is it worth reading? And before I slept, I had finished it.<br>
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It started by the death of Grace Cahill (A really graceful figure no doubt), with a strange will. Either take 1 million dollar or a mere clue; might lead to unlimited source of power. Most of the heirs was smart enough to take the million dollar fortune and be happy. But these two kids; Amy and Dan, planned to make their Granny (deceased) proud. So they burned 2 million dollars and took the clue. Along with six other competitive teams, they set on the quest to find the 39 clues. After that, events started unfolding with an unusual manner. Before they knew it, they had been attempted to killed three times, wandering in Paris, and knowing nothing about what to do next.<div><br>
The story was full of suspense, even at the end you will be tempted to just turn the page and read the next one. I can't wait to buy the second books of the series.</div><div><br>
If you love puzzles (like me), this is just the book for you. I highly recommend it!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-14544732917836700442014-02-09T22:02:00.002-08:002014-02-27T19:36:26.034-08:00Developing a character!Developing good character is necessary to develop a good story. This exercise is a good place to start. The more developed the character is, the more fuller the story gets. Also keep in mind, everything you you find out about your character is important for you to know. Not the readers. What is important for them is only parts of him or her that came in the story.<br />
Remember, it is start. The character will undoubtedly evolve, as the story evolves, and in the process the writer evolves to. Now it has been soo much evolvement. Lets get to the starting point. Developing a character :<br />
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<li>Is the character in a relationship? What is his/her partner like?</li>
<li>What is his/her home like? And the neighbours?</li>
<li>Does he/she have any hobbies? What does he/she enjoy doing?</li>
<li>What is his/her greatest strength?</li>
<li>What is his/her greatest weakness?</li>
<li>What is his/her deepest desire?</li>
<li>What is his/her greatest fear?</li>
<li>What is something this character desperately change about himself/herself?</li>
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After that being done, imagine him/her as a being in your head. Come on, you must have had a picture of him/her from the moment you decided to write about him/her. Now, describe every aspect and features of this character. From his eye color, to skin tone, to her hair; everything.<br />
That being done, the last and equally important exercise (Which I enjoy the most). Write his/her morning routine of an average day. With all details and aspects, from does he/she get up from alarm easily or not? What is their gussy up routine at the morning? Do they exercise to start their day? What kind of breakfast do they have?<br />
After all those exercise, you will be surprise yourself seeing how much you character has matured.<br />
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That being said, please share with me your ways to build a character in comment box :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-77398914222641680292014-02-06T21:46:00.001-08:002014-02-27T19:35:36.198-08:00Developing a good routine!Developing it is the most important thing for a starter. I had tried to get some productivity without it and had immensely failed. From last December, its three months now. I have devoted myself and all of my time to my writing career and I am still lost. This is the lesson I learned the hard way and now sharing with you all.<br />
First of all, keep in mind that success doesn't come overnight. It is a long and dreadful process. With lots of speed-breaker on the way. <br />
<a name='more'></a>Set small goals. Make a daily to-do list. Add these things in it (I won't suggest schedule or timings devoted to one activity, because everyone has changed routine and comfort zone in which one can work) :<br />
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<li>Devote at least one hour for reading; </li>
<li>Meditate and exercise for at least half an hour;</li>
<li>Study Grammar on daily basis; this is the hardest but most crucial part of learning to write.</li>
<li>Brainstorm;</li>
<li>Do a writing prompt;</li>
<li>Study writing tutorials; there is enormous amount of resources on the internet.</li>
<li>Critique others work ; helps one build a really good sense of pros and cons of writing.</li>
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By starting small and adding all these things in your routine. Slowly but surely, you will get good results.<br />
I have just started, when will you do? Share with me your journey and hardships in such a tiring process called : Getting Started :(Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-27498944354152821612014-01-26T21:00:00.001-08:002014-01-26T21:00:31.647-08:00My recent horror movies marathon!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey guys!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> My cousin had visited me some time ago, she is a fan of horror movies. So whenever she visits our house we always watch as many of them as possible. This time I thought I should share them with you. The movies we watched were ; Insidious 1 and 2. See the guy in picture, he is from that movie. Other than that we watched The Conjurer, Let the Right One In and The Woman in Black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Insidious</b> was a really interesting and intriguing one right from the start. I consider myself not much of a scaredy-cat kind, but I also broke some screams during the movie. The thing that make this movie scary was the elements of surprise. The ghosts appeared when one least expected them. Not those classic hours of nothing but someone getting scared of its own shadow. At the 2nd part, the start had scared the hell out of me, but after some time it was more into the story than horrors. But that doesn't make it boring. It was awesome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Conjurer</b>; want a piece of advice? Don't watch it. It is the most scary movie I have ever watched in my whole life and the worst part, it is based on reality. That makes a horror movie even more scary. I even started blabbering in the middle that we should stop the movie and do something else. My sad story, no one listened to me and no one let me get the hell out of there. I was forced to watch until the end. :(</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Let the Right One In </b>wasn't a scary movie, even though it falls in horror category. It was rather storical. A sad story of a girl vampire; a boy fell for her then find out she is a vampire not a girl. She has to kill people to fill her tummy, blahblahblah. It was kind of tragic rather than horror.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Woman in Black </b>was simply interesting. Didn't scared me much. I found it funny that the lead actor was Daniel Radcliffe. We even wondered why didn't he just valgalium velliossa'd the witch and blew her away? Jokes aside, it had a good story from the start until the climax, but I found the end disappointing. :(</span><br />
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This writer knows how to keep you hooked in the story until the end. Creating an environment from the start and keep pacin it until the end.<br />
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Has anyone else of you read this novel?</div>
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Do share your views with me!</div>
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P.S This is my first attempt to write a review. Please do correct me of my mistakes :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-67600940028360738502014-01-26T18:24:00.000-08:002014-02-27T19:33:54.890-08:00The scary first line whenever one sit to write<div dir="ltr">
I wonder if its because I am a newbie or it is a common symptom to every writer. Whenever I sit to write, the first line is always the scariest. Thinking something worth writing and making others read it. So my rule is, whenever one has a problem, one should always ask Mr.Google for advice. He always has solution to the problem :D I did that too. I googled this issue.<br />
Every link showed more or less same answer and that is :<br />
<a name='more'></a> Just barge in and write. At first don't worry how it might look like. After storming until the end, then reread what you had written and think "did I just wrote that crap?" <br />
Then comes somewhat painful, somewhat interesting, somewhat tiring process of editing. After done with that you will get a end result of something like : The Da Vinci code ;). Well the point to this weird notion is; everyone, even the big writers like Dan Brown or any other your favorite has to go through a crappy first draft. (get used to it; in this site all of you will just keep hearing names of all my favorite writers ;) )</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-50641760395181066152014-01-25T03:20:00.000-08:002014-08-15T19:18:37.620-07:00My new year resolutions!1. <b>Read 100 books-</b> I had recently opened my account in Goodreads.com and found this interesting challenge. How many books you wanna read in 2014. I started with 100 books! and since I am a bookworm, maybe, just maybe I got done with it. I really am willing to finish this challenge. Any recommendations are welcome. :)<br />
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2. <b>Finishing my first novel-</b> I have been planning this for quite some time now. This year I finally decided to stop researching, planning, outlining, blah,blah,blah and start writing it. So I have started it and halfway through 1st chapter already.(Okay, I know its not something to brag about but atleast I started) I am planning to get it done this year, but don't know what life has planned for me :P But who knows, maybe I even got published next year. :D<br />
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3. <b>Attain a habit for exercise-</b> Its not that I have gotten really fat though, but I think exercise is good for both mental and physical health. So everyone should make some time from their busy routines and give it to themselves. Especially people like me, you have read my habits and future plans (just reading and writing). So you might guess how important it is for me :D<br />
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4. <b>Learn cooking and baking- </b>This is relatively new plan. But I think so far it is the most rational.<br />
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5. <b>Got rich B) - </b>This is my every year and all time resolution. But man! why is this goal so hard to achieve. :(<br />
Well, thats it. P.S on a side note. I haven't done it before. This new year resolution thing. But this year I had heard and read so much about it, I got bumped up to give it a try. Lets see how it goes :)<br />
You guys also share with me your resolutions in the comment box below, or share it with me in G+ :D<br />
See ya!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416004621097338082.post-5502951372666967202014-01-24T20:24:00.000-08:002014-01-25T18:41:56.882-08:00Getting Started!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My name is Kinza and I am an aspiring writer. My past experience is a grand total of 3 short stories. I love reading books, experimenting new dishes, talking, and doing lots of things. But as for reading, I am a relatively new reader. I mean I always loved reading, but I don't have a big list of books I have read. It's a weird notion to put here, but it is important.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since its gonna be a start of my reading and writing adventure and I am gonna share every bit of it with whoever takes some time and visit my blog. :D Other than that, I will share my other life experiences as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is gonna be at least two books reviews every month, and lots of creative writing prompts, ideas, news on books, research materials and I am also gonna share my own little journey as a writer writing my very first novel. I also am gonna share it here (not for you guyz :P, just that hoping some publisher might visit here some day and offer me my very first published book). Other than that, lots of DIY, beauty tips, cooking recipes and tips, movie reviews and many more. This place will just be a tiny window to my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope you all like it here!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am really excited for the journey @-@</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since I have no idea what else to say, I'll wrap this post here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kinza (this makes it a bit letter style B) )</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056987827867307717noreply@blogger.com0