Ask the Author: Nilesh Rathod
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Nilesh Rathod
Please email me your mailing address on nilesh.rathod@ensemble.co.in and I will be happy to send a copy accross.
Nilesh Rathod
Reading is the tool for writing. I do not research in the real sense of the meaning, I merely read. Whatever I can retain then is used to build the creative story that spins out, it may or may not be connected to the research. Also, research helps you avoid factual errors in a story more than help create the story in the first place. In a work of fiction they are a mere accessory.
And yes the amount of reading I must go through for my next novel is just too much, I would be visiting some of the places my story will visit soon. The Emissary is based in Dandi, Vrindavan, Berlin, Autswitz & Delhi.
And yes the amount of reading I must go through for my next novel is just too much, I would be visiting some of the places my story will visit soon. The Emissary is based in Dandi, Vrindavan, Berlin, Autswitz & Delhi.
Nilesh Rathod
As soon as I am able to finish it. Wont be too long.
Nilesh Rathod
A moment at a time. :)
Nilesh Rathod
I merely connected the dots. And I am not sure this is the way it is done, but when the Panama scandal was out, I was myself shocked how my analysis was so close to reality.
Nilesh Rathod
No. I wrote the plot and the first few chapters only for myself. Just like the poetries I have been writing for over 16 years now. They were never intended to be published. Unlike the poetry I shared these chapters with a few friends. They thought the stuff I had written had potential and I must explore the possibility of writing the whole story. Once I got to that I completed it within the month. Although, I kept rewriting my plot over two months, before I penned my first lines and then edited the work over six months after I completed the initial manuscript. Thats how Destiny of Shattered Dreams came to be. My second novel 'The Emissary' is almost 1/4 done, I am currently taking a break to have a few learnings from this one once it is out, I will then begin to complete this one and hopefully find a publisher to release it next year.
Nilesh Rathod
Hehe... I am going through one. I wrote my first novel within a month of starting to pen it, I spent double that time to just write the headers for the sub-plots, but once I got to writing, I was done within a month. I am a lazy researcher too, on the contrary research beyond a point is a road block to creativity. My first way to deal with a writer's block is to take a break, may be a day or two or even a week. I keep thinking and re-thinking about the scenarios without really penning them down. If I do get a break through, I start again. Reading another book or two within that break can help erase the block sometimes. And if nothing works, I simply force my way through the story, it might read bland or may sound timid when you do that, but remember its a small part of the story and there is always an edit option.
Nilesh Rathod
Oh most definitely being the director, its like playing God to your own small world of characters. I can give birth to them, nurture them, its like an ensemble of characters which play out in front of you. Its the same as creating music. They are bounced against harsh dilemmas and depending on how your mind built them they will react, and even before you know it the eye of your creative mind will bring those reactions on the paper. I might sound crazy, but that is how I do it. Most cases I don't know where my next para will fly and I just let it glide guided by the wind in my mind.
Nilesh Rathod
I am nobody to give any advice. I can share some experience, since I was one among you and still am even today. Words really write themselves, around 80k such words are needed to make a novel. And when read together they must make sense too. When I started writing all of these were challenges. Well I wrote Destiny of Shattered Dreams in less than a month. In some areas it initially failed to impress me too. But i knew the plot was tight, the story was good and my writing style impressed me so I continued with the edit. Trust me, reading and re-writing and reading and re-writing till it became good enough to share with prospective publishers, I kept at it. I am still not sure of how good it is but I enjoyed writing, I enjoyed editing and now I am enjoying sharing it. What more do you need, published or unpublished, keep writing and sharing. You will learn from comments and reviews and simply keep getting better. I intend to do the same as well. :)
Nilesh Rathod
I have partially completed my second novel with the working title 'The Emissary' It is a story set in the 1940's in pre-independent India and Nazi Germany. It attempts to draw an analogy between untouchability in India and anti-semitism in Germany during those times. Interestingly the period also saw Gandhi and Hitler, both of whom propagated opposite ideologies and died within years of each other. Through its protagonist the novel attempts to debate these ideologies and their place in society then.
Nilesh Rathod
When you love something you hardly need an inspiration, on the contrary you are looking forward to your time when you can write. It is something like that for me. Its like taking a break from my regular work, most people will wind down over a beer, I can do it just as fine with a pen and a paper (more often both are electronic) Except rare occasions when I have what is called an author's block I simply like writing. I still drag on at such times, there is always an opportunity to edit. Writing at first seems like a rough diamond, and polishing (read editing) can do wonders and bring out the sparkle in it.
Nilesh Rathod
In today's day and time, we have tons of examples of businesses that raced to the top within years of establishment and led by youngsters with little or no business experience. While this speaks a lot about capitalism and success of ideas, it also leaves very high expectations from the youth of today who jump the bandwagon with examples so hard to emulate. What do today's generation think about all of this? And just how far will they go to achieve that success? Destiny of Shattered Dreams, was written to bring out the mind of one such individual. It is the story of his tryst with destiny.
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