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Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book.
Ashwin Sanghi
Work
Myself
Good
Day
Book
People
Simple
Language
Master
Reading
Believe
Late
Consider
OK
Postpone
Finish
Attention
Like
Deadlines
Readers
Grab
Arthur
Manage
Just
Storyteller
Storytellers
Page
Use
Right
If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.
Ashwin Sanghi
Love
Down
Settle
Would
City
Where
Apart
Mumbai
We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q & A'. From a business sense, films are a good tool to increase the number of readers.
Ashwin Sanghi
Good
Business
People
Millionaire
Reading
Sense
Films
Increase
Tool
Reach
Readers
Lot
Deny
After
Bigger
Business Sense
Popularity
Started
Started Reading
Number
I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'
Ashwin Sanghi
Writing
Word
Make
Reader
Sure
Go
Want
Grips
It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels And Demons' are, by far, Brown's best works.
Ashwin Sanghi
Best
Believe
Secret
Several
Angels
Brown
No Secret
Read
Genuinely
Demons
Times
Far
Works
Code
If I use the word 'khichdi' in my novel, I don't have to get into the trouble of explaining that it is a dish of rice and lentils. My Indian readers know it.
Ashwin Sanghi
Word
Trouble
Indian
Know
Readers
Get
Dish
Explaining
Rice
Use
Novel
Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.
Ashwin Sanghi
Indians
Mythology
Myths
Because
Been
Bred
Works
Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This lot has a desperate yearning to reconnect. They want to consume mythology but in a well-packaged and easily digestible way.
Ashwin Sanghi
Change
Desperate
Way
Easily
Has-Been
Indian
Reconnect
Consume
Mythology
Taken
Readership
Because
Audience
Yearning
Been
Lot
Off
Mature
Want
Younger
I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life is death. We should, therefore, learn to live for the day and be content.
Ashwin Sanghi
Life
Death
Day
Spiritual
Live
Believe
Religious
Only
Day One
For The Day
Learn
Content
Up
Stops
Being
Ends
Should
Certainty
Therefore
Adage
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'
Ashwin Sanghi
Good
Me
Inspire
Be True
Own
Believe
Admiration
Only
Writer
Self
Good Writer
True
Towards
Readers
Making
Formula
Thine
I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.
Ashwin Sanghi
Work
Day
Me
Man
Book
Remember
Reading
Once
Extremely
Tell
Responses
Kind
Touch
Finish
Could
Take
Had
He
Readers
Got
How
Off
Endearing
Going
Just
Keeps
I feel luck plays a vey crucial role in determining the success of the book. Marketing a book is also very important. You need to try all tricks in the trade.
Ashwin Sanghi
Success
You
Book
Try
Important
Luck
Marketing
Tricks
Determining
Crucial
Feel
Also
Trade
Very
Role
Need
Plays
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for disappointment with every success that you deliver because with every success you raise your readers' expectations.
Ashwin Sanghi
Success
You
Disappointment
Reality
Yourself
World
Every
Writer
Deliver
Readers
Because
Up
Expectations
Your
Raise
Set
I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction.
Ashwin Sanghi
Love
Matter
Fact
Like
Also
Sounds
Fiction
Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed.
Ashwin Sanghi
God
Needs
Man
Decision
Way
Reviewed
Did
Either
Create
The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called 'Little Red Riding Hood.'
Ashwin Sanghi
First
Hood
Thriller
Red
Little
Riding
Ever
My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.
Ashwin Sanghi
Life
Work
Writing
Wife
My Life
Ruled
Order
Whisky
Four
Necessarily
The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book.
Ashwin Sanghi
Me
Book
Chapter
First
Ensure
Out
Must
Paragraph
Looks
Reader
Get
Turn
Next
Page
Compel
Last
Writing is possibly an art, but crime writing is definitely a craft.
Ashwin Sanghi
Art
Writing
Crime
Definitely
Possibly
Craft
Physicists explain creation by telling us that the universe began with the Big Bang, an intense energy singularity that continued expanding. But who created the singularity?
Ashwin Sanghi
Big
Energy
Creation
Universe
Telling
Physicists
Big Bang
Continue
Singularity
Began
Expanding
Bang
Intense
Explain
Us
Created
Who
It's foolish to call Chanakya an Indian Machiavelli. Rather, Machiavelli was possibly an Italian Chanakya.
Ashwin Sanghi
Machiavelli
Possibly
Indian
Rather
Foolish
Call
Italian
Most actors don't like doing still photo shoots, but I love them. I'm very comfortable, and I enjoy the clothes, looking good, and freezing the moment.
Asin
Love
Good
Looking
Clothes
Enjoy
Photo
Photo Shoots
Like
Most
Freezing
Looking Good
Comfortable
Still
Doing
Very
Shoots
Them
Moment
Actor
I have always believed that love is what helps you develop into the best person you are. It's a selfless emotion, but people usually follow the corrupted version.
Asin
Love
Best
You
Love Is
People
Corrupted
Follow
Emotion
Develop
Always
Version
Selfless
Person
Helps
Believed
My feet are firmly planted on the ground.
Asin
Firmly
Feet
Ground
Planted
The different weather conditions make India the ideal tourist destination.
Asin
Destination
Weather
India
Tourist
Ideal
Make
Conditions
Different
I don't want to alter anything on my body.
Asin
Alter
Want
Anything
Body
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