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Hemanth Kumar Bathala

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HEMANTH KUMAR BATHALA, B. Tech (ECE): The author is a Double Gold Medalist with Roll of Honor from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India, a prestigious institute; is owner of a multi-million dollar networking business; is an Inventor; is a Carnatic Musician (Vocal); and is winner of NaNoWriMo 2007 (National Novel Writing Month – a group of over 100,000 people from across the world who attempted to write a novel in 30 days).

Hemanth Kumar Bathala is a master storyteller. Captivated by Fantasy since early childhood, it was a dream of Hemanth to be an accomplished author in Fantasy. His first ever novel was at the age of eight! Written in just five straight days, this work ‘Land of 7’ from his pen is a masterpiece culminating ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Hemanth Kumar Bathala I simply sit and write. Write something that comes to mind. It can be anything. It can be as simple as “How are you?”! For e.g., I wrote this – the ne…moreI simply sit and write. Write something that comes to mind. It can be anything. It can be as simple as “How are you?”! For e.g., I wrote this – the next 4/5 sentences I wrote below are as they came to my mind in that order:

(1st Person:) "How are you?" (The 2nd person answering as:) "Not bad."

"Why 'not bad'? Can't you say something positive?"

"Not Bad is positive!"

"Positive? How?"

Now that 2nd person explains his situation (what happened to him, a flashback) – how bad it is that he saying ‘Not Bad’ is a Big positive! What he explains can be a big Comedy - Comedy in Tragedy – that is I can write a tragedy or better tragedies, a series of, which the reader receives as a comedy! - the which tragedy/comedy can span a chapter to a few chapters!

Or it can be the base of my entire novel itself!

So, Now you see, by simply sitting and writing whatever comes to my mind I'm set to write a whole novel! :)

And you know what? - This is ‘actually’ going to be the base of my 8th Sequel Novel 'Land of 7 - Being "Not Bad"'! Or 'Land of 7 - How Bad Things Can Go' Or 'Land of 7 - Untitled' - I can name this later. Thank you for asking this question and I in reply to this, when actually I'd a writer's block, now have a book in hand! :)

The trick here is to do above - just sit and write! But that is a hard time for me too - to do just that - sit and write; mind says procrastinate! So it's not as simple as that. But all I need to do to overcome a Writer's block is the above.

Hope it helps. :)

- Hemanth Kumar Bathala (Author - 'Land of 7' A Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Novel)(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Hemanth Kumar Bathala The Creative aspect. You create something that was not existing before. You create something out of thin air. Like a magician! A Wizard!

A Wizard in th…moreThe Creative aspect. You create something that was not existing before. You create something out of thin air. Like a magician! A Wizard!

A Wizard in the real word. Yes, a Wizard in the real world! What a Wizard in your story does, you do that in the real world! By writing a story.

You place your baby – the just completed novel of yours - in the hands of others and they love it, it gives you a kick, a high. It – the feeling - is inexplicable.

You are a creator. Like a sculptor, as he sculpts, has a sculpture in hand, I have a brand new thing in hand – my novel just created. And it is a great feeling!

An opportunity to titillate the readers with your writing, your style of writing; by playing with the words. An opportunity to take them high to low, and low to high. Create and take them through different moods, right away. Or different experiences they might or might not have faced so far!

You create an exciting new world with your words. Just by your words! The which to make into a movie will take huge efforts. All of that you accomplish just by your words! Repeat - words. And repeat - words.

For e.g., I wrote in my Novel ‘Land of 7’: “the six sheets of leather transformed themselves into six gems: a green emerald, a red ruby, a blue sapphire, a white pearl, an iridescent opal, and a black diamond. They slowly progressed toward the sword. When they reached the sword, they rapidly circled the golden sword, and then got embedded into it along its length with a thunder. The sword shone brilliantly than ever. It radiated luminous light. The cave was visible as in daylight under its radiance.”

And it takes really a lot of effort to actually show it in a drama or a movie, even if it is graphically! But in actuality, I created, in the mind of the reader, the above - a golden sword with 6 gems embedded into it – with just six words: an emerald, ruby, … That’s all it took me!

Similarly you can create and take the reader to new worlds that directors would perspire to replicate them into their movies. You and you alone have the opportunity to take readers to places existing or existing only in your mind! On a tour.

We do what few people could do – create.

- Hemanth Kumar Bathala (Author - 'Land of 7' A Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Novel)(less)

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