a Book Recommendation – Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Ever since I’ve first seen Gone Girl, I promised myself that I’m going to read at least one book written by Gillian Flynn and then I sort of forgot about it and read other stuff. Recently, Scribd app recommended me Sharp Objects and I give it a shot. At first, I it didn’t impress me much. I thought it’s just another story about a disturbed, lonely, alcoholic woman and I had plenty of these during

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my new approach to writing a novel

The first book on outlining that I’ve read hit me very hard and ever since I’ve been thinking about a novel as something presented through 3 acts and delivered with a precision of a surgeon. That first book taught me an essential lesson; each story requires a shape like each living being needs a shape. A tree has a shape of a tree and a bird has a shape of a bird. Not all birds

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prioritize your writing projects

Somewhere around July last year, I’ve started my blog. The first idea was to publish one article per week when I have enough time to write. Usually, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, when I have my days off at school. Then, I’ve started to follow Seth Godin, and he inspired me to think about daily blogging. I thought, well, if he can do it, why shouldn’t I do it. So, that’s exactly what I did; I started

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