Pradeep VM
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Let me start with why I started writing. That was long ago. Some things which I had observed made an impression on me which correlated with what I had thought about. Some other seeds just erupted inside of me somewhere and sprouted, slowly and painfully. They were out of my control. The compulsion to put…
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A work of art has a life of its own. It is alive. It breathes and eats. You are its food. The characters you think you created, created themselves from the seed they planted in your mind.
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What is a story?
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That is the title of my upcoming novel. This is not a retelling of the well known tragedy of the warrior. This is new take on his life. Like most Indians Karna and his life has fascinated me from the time I first heard it from my grandfather,the way tales were passed on in old…
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Nature has built Creativity into all animals, including humans. I agree, I can’t imagine a cliche’ worse than that. In humans it has reached a stage where we even have nightmares like dogs. We wonder about things way beyond any other animal, too. So what is creativity? At the risk of another cliche’ let me…
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Cover of my new novel
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My second novel. I show the cover page. The novel should be out next month. Without doubt the most fascinating and complex character ever created, Karna stands as the epitome of righteousness and confusion. I juxtapose the two words deliberately. He is a person of extraordinary skills attempting to prove his worth and class. Every…
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I am not an expert. Far from it, with just two novels and very little readership. What most of the experts say is to adopt some method like the snowflake or something. The fundamental premise is that of conflict and conflict resolution. I am myself a person with lots of conflicts none of which have…
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The Village had always lived as a closely woven cloth of people who held each other together like magnets. They never realised how sadly dependant they were on each other although nothing tangible bound them. They had never wondered how they got along together without fights.
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