My Inescapable Thought Abyss

So, in my last post, I talked about the fact that I was considering nanowrimo this November. And, I’m in for it!!! Yeah, this November is going to be awesome! Here’s a little background about the story I’ll be writing. Genre: Fantasy Title: Zivel and the Sixth Element. Author: Mahikaa (duh.) This story was the first one I ever thought of, but never wrote. Its initial idea came to me in April 2017 and it’s been in the works since then. I’ve got loads and loads of beginnings for this story, so many scrapped, a lot of back-ups, but till date, I haven’t plotted or finished its first draft… That makes it more important to be written as soon as possible right? Here’s a plot summary I uploaded on the Nanowrimo website a few days back. But fair warning, my story is currently in its plotting stages, so I’d say, at this moment, everything is subject to change. Here goes: A lot of the past hasn't been said. Does that mean it hasn't happened? ...

Yes! Nanowrimo. Now, I realise that most of my blog audience probably has no clue what it means. If somebody does, it’s probably because I told them and they thought it was a crazy idea. But then again, what is it? Nanowrimo is short for National novel writing month. Every year, writers from all around the world participate and attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. It happens annually and spans the entire month of November. Yes! It’s possible, many people have done it and I want to do it too. Before you begin preparing a speech for me, advising me to study this year and reminding me that I’ve got another round of 80 mark exams in the end of November, read what follows. Yes, I know, tenth grade, I have to study, etcetera, and reminding me has got no point because I know. We're being hammered so that the message to study seriously is ingrained in our minds permanently.  I realise the importance of prioritising studying and I’ve been doing so. But,...

Nope, this isn’t about where we stand in the society, as an individual, our position in the world, no, none of that. This is about where we stand as a species. About where the collective mankind stands in this world. And probably even beyond. Here’s one thing before we begin. When I say humanity, I am not referring to the humanly nature in us. Instead, I’m referring to the humankind as a whole. We currently stand in a position where we seem to have the world figured out. Not just that, we know and shape how it works by our actions. Humanity has been around for so long that we’ve even dated back to our origin. How the living came into existence, how it’s been so far, how the world works. What our needs are, what our potential is, what our challenges are. Where we stand in the world of the living, in the universe, explorations to the beyond. So many spheres, all conquered by mankind. All along in or journey to figure out the world so far, our minds and observat...

***** Spoiler Alert ***** Synopsis: If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying. Remember. Survive. Run. Spoiler Alert, once again, because if you plan on reading the books, you wouldn’t want the plot revealed. And, much of it won’t make much sense either. Rest is your call. I’m not sure if I’d call it a review but it’s a fair representation of the thoughts that popped up after I finished the book today. Okay, okay, okay, fast breathing. It’s the first (or maybe the second) page-turner book I’ve read and those are the thriller feels it gave me ...

Okay, this is not a blog post teaching how to write or anything like that because let’s face it, writing is an art that can’t be taught, but yes, it can be learnt. Little funny isn’t it? Okay back to the topic. This is about what I’ve been writing. Summing up from the words I’ve written since April 2018, I have written approximately 50,000 words. Aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! 50,000 words is the average word count of a novel.  No I’m serious. Seriously serious. And, I have to tell this in detail. So here we go, about 8000 words for my novelette, about 1000 words on my mystery WIP (work in progress which I hopefully will finish one day – haven’t worked on it since last September but I love the theme so there’s a great possibility that I’m going to pick it again someday, then an exact 5506 words on a story I wrote last May but I’ve mostly given up on it – sorry, okay now it’s getting boring so I’m going to leave it right there. But a big oops, I just re...

Okay, so it’s been a while now since I’ve been in contact with a few of my old schoolmates. But before I go ahead and talk about it, here’s a little trip down the memory lane. In fourth grade, I changed my school and got a whole new lot of friends, eventually losing contact with the ones at my prior school. That’s it. That was the little trip. Now, it’s been what? Seven years? Eight, maybe? And since our classes happen to be same now, I’ve been seeing those formerly-familiar faces again regularly. And I do remember a few things from back then, in fact, there are many incidences, people, things about the school, how my classmates used to be – that I still remember. And those people remember me too. Only, they know me differently. Now that we sometimes happen to engage in brief conversations, I realize that those people knew a different version of me, the older version, the ‘third-grade-me’ person. And I remember myself quite differently. It is ...

It’s an unexplainable desire, learning new languages. Why? I know this might not sound like a reason enough but I find that the ability to be able to speak a greater number of languages awesome. It’s not only because you sound smarter, yeah, that’s a huge point of consideration but also because it increases your knowledge in an important way. And I don’t know why but learning a new language has always sounded like brain games to me because it tests your memory and your observational skills. How observational skills? Well, there are a lot of words in different languages that are similar to the language we know, mostly English. So, it primarily depends on how good you’re at recognising the variation-ed word in the other language and also accept the fact that that’s how it’s said. But it’s also scary because at present there exist 6500 languages in the world. Whoopsie! Mastering a few is a huge task and then there’s thousands of them around this lonely planet of ours. A...