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Sonya Dutta Choudhury I read.
I write different things than the thing i'm getting blocked on.
Sonya Dutta Choudhury For me , as a journalist, the most interesting part of my job is the people I meet. And the research I get to do. I love the research - living in other people's worlds , and getting lost in them.

I love that I can work anywhere. All I need is my laptop.
Sonya Dutta Choudhury Write. On things you'd like to tell people about - stories, trends, quirks of life whatever.
Write online - start a blog.
Or contribute to group blogs.
And read.
Lots of amazing books on being a good writer.

My favorites are

'On Writing' by Stephen King
'On Writing Well' by William Zinsser
'Writing Without Bullshit' by Josh Bernoff
'Why Write' by Mark Edmundson
'Telling true Stories' A non fiction writers guide Ed by Mark Kramer & Wendy Call

Sonya Dutta Choudhury - A column on how to make money on making videos on You tube or Facebook .
- Why Millennials job hop so much
- A book review 'Women in Tech'
Sonya Dutta Choudhury I sit down with my Mac at my desk. Or in a coffee shop.
I read somewhere a writer say, that he spends an hour reading something he really likes before he gets down to writing . I do that sometimes and it works.
Sonya Dutta Choudhury The idea for my recent book came from a newspaper column I write. It's on careers and profiles young and old people in the same career. The career stories I'd hear were fascinating. And people loved reading them.
So I decided to make a book out of them. And Career Rules happened.

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