It’s an interesting journey that anyone initiated into reading as a child, goes through. We start off with nursery rhymes and pictorial books on the alphabet and then move on to fairy tales and Aesop’s fables. Bang next is the Enid Blyton series of books. Then, comes teenage fiction. Swetha Ramachandran traces the journey that the reading interests of most of us have been through as children and teenagers before finding out what we truly love to read.
Simply what happens when a poem gets written? R.Seshan tells us about the writing of one. Read on to know about the captivating thought process.
They are masters. They are craftsmen. Each one of them, a genius. P.R.Viswanathan pays a tribute to his favourite and some of the best-ever writers and the writing/characters that they have created.
What does it take to write a story? Anupama Krishnakumar tells you about how she discovered that she could tell stories, the joys she feels and challenges she faces when she writes them and her inspirations for the characters and stories she builds. Read on to know more.
Short stories bring the reader such joy inspite of the fewer words used. Vani Viswanathan picks a few of her favourite authors who have mastered this art of storytelling.
Dear Reader,
We are happy to present the July 2010 issue of Spark. The theme is ‘The Written Word’.
In the form of a letter to his editor, requesting for an extension, Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty shares some interesting thoughts on the art of writing including the world of characters. In the process, he explains why he can’t turn up a story on time because his character Bincuus (from the published piece ‘The Dream Bandit’ in the June 2010 issue of Spark) is busy and hasn’t returned to tell the author his story.
Sarah McCarthy talks about some words and ideas that she feels have been overused by students while writing, more often quite unnecessarily. Read on to find out her take on this subject.
