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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Avik Davar I just plough through it, live it grudging it and hope that when it's over, there's a new direction I hadn't considered before. For that's what I've l…moreI just plough through it, live it grudging it and hope that when it's over, there's a new direction I hadn't considered before. For that's what I've learnt about writer's block. It's just the characters protesting an illogical plot line or point. When the characters act true to themselves, there can be no writer's block. (less)

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Avik Davar The vicarious thrill of being a creator. The power to create a new world, a better world than the one we have little influence over.

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Roman a clef: a writer's tool

My provocative book 'Dawood is Dead' is an attempt at Roman a clef, which in French means a 'novel with a key'.

It is a tool used often to write about subjects cloaked in secrecy and ripe with controversy, to point to angles and possibilities not considered in public domain, or even to settle scores without inviting criminal or disciplinary proceedings.

Or, like in my case, it is an opportunity to Read more of this blog post »

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