The Uncharted Mind: Writing

Currently, I am writing my next novel. Every time I start writing a new book, it feels like hacking through a deep  jungle. There is no road, each step forward uncovers something both familiar and new. Today, finally, after cutting through thick vines of confusion, the full story has shown its face.

 ― Shon MehtaThe Uncharted Mind

Currently, I am writing my next novel. Every time I start writing a new book, it feels like hacking through a deep jungle. There is no road, each step forward uncovers something both familiar and new. Today, finally, after cutting through thick vines of confusion, the full story has shown its face. ― Shon Mehta, The Uncharted Mind


A first draft doesn’t have to be good or bad. It only needs to exist. It is unpolished but breathing. Like describing a dream before it fades. Today, I finished the first draft of my next book. The war has been declared. — Shon Mehta

First Draft

Today I finished the first draft of my next book.

When I wrote the first draft of my first book, I thought I had won something great — perhaps not the whole ...

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Published on October 27, 2025 09:01
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