“If you find something missing in your creation, just reverse your story,” such a beautiful insight on creative writing was today delivered by the exceptional writer Mona Verma. We Shoolinians were fortunate to have an interactive session with Mona Verma organized by “Belletristic,” the literature society of Shoolini University.
Ma’am Mona initiated her session with a brief description of her novels. From her first book, A Bridge to Nowhere launched by Ruskin Bond to her latest book, Lost and Found in Banaras, all are breath-taking, but The Other was the book that intrigued us the most. She was very subtle with her explanations on creative writing and used many short yet perceptive examples. “The only thing that holds us back from being a great writer,” she said, is “the fear of being judged.” And that is so true! She also gave us the remedy to this problem, saying that “it’s okay to make stupid, beautiful, glorious mistakes; But just MAKE THEM.” “Give your imagination a free reign” was the beautiful mantra she gave us. She summed everything up by explaining that, in order to get a good output (of speaking and writing), we should put a good input of reading and listening.
In a nutshell, it was a very useful and knowledgeable session. Now not only did we get a correct understanding of creative writing, but we also got the motivation to read and write more. We can’t thank her enough for this wonderful session.
Belletristic will organize more literary events on a regular basis. Watch out for them. Stay tuned!
