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Ravi Subramanian
Indian
Author
Book
Me
People
Will
Writing
You
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A profession which is seen as intellectually glamorous is often the most misunderstood when it comes to the commerce involved.
Ravi Subramanian
Seen
Glamorous
Most
Involved
Misunderstood
Intellectually
Commerce
Often
Which
Profession
I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you think you're not the kind of literary person who will write books that will sell. There was always a kind of defensiveness in me.
Ravi Subramanian
Me
You
Will
Think
Books
Background
Kind
Born
Brought
Write
Always
Coming
Sell
Up
Person
Wanted
Literary
Who
The opportunity to create wealth in foreign banks exists only in the investment banking space. Working in a local company teaches you to think long term.
Ravi Subramanian
You
Wealth
Opportunity
Space
Long
Think
Local
Only
Investment
Long-Term
Term
Foreign
Exists
Banking
Banks
Create
Working
Teaches
Company
In India, we don't read thrillers; we read authors.
Ravi Subramanian
India
Thrillers
Read
Authors
I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.
Ravi Subramanian
Writing
Country
Few
Live
Could
Comfortably
Off
Very
Authors
Who
An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you alive in the public mind and gives a push to your older books.
Ravi Subramanian
Needs
You
Book
Mind
Year
Older
Every
Market
Books
Alive
Out
Gives
Push
He
He Or She
New
Come
New Book
She
Author
Public
Your
Public Mind
Keeps
A self-confessed fan of Harlan Coben, I find it difficult to not read a new Harlan Coben novel the week it comes out.
Ravi Subramanian
Difficult
Out
Find
Week
New
Read
Fan
Novel
I firmly believe that there is no better thriller writer than Harlan Coben.
Ravi Subramanian
Better
Believe
Thriller
Writer
Firmly
Than
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.
Ravi Subramanian
Needs
Book
Beginning
Down
Prevent
Thriller
Attention
Putting
Reader
Very
Hold
Interest
Them
Engage
In fiction, if people like one of your books, they tend to pick up your other books as well.
Ravi Subramanian
People
Other
Books
Tend
Pick
Like
Well
Up
Fiction
Your
If a reader likes a particular author, they keep reading all his books, and if the supply is not kept up, then the reader shifts his loyalties.
Ravi Subramanian
Reading
Books
Supply
Particular
Likes
Reader
His
Shifts
Up
Author
Then
Loyalties
Keep
Kept
It is almost impossible to win back a reader's loyalty once it's gone.
Ravi Subramanian
Loyalty
Win
Impossible
Gone
Back
Once
Almost
Reader
At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. But kids have very high filters and don't take to it. At other times, parents simply don't know what books to select for their children and end up giving books that aren't appropriate.
Ravi Subramanian
Try
Parents
Giving
Own
Other
Filters
Appropriate
Books
Kids
High
Classics
Select
Take
Simply
Know
Read
End
Up
Very
Times
Get
Children
Them
Choices
Books marketing has moved from the review culture to a preview culture.
Ravi Subramanian
Culture
Books
Marketing
Preview
Review
Moved
With social media, one can target the audience and reach out to the segment in a very precise, cost-effective manner.
Ravi Subramanian
Social Media
Out
Cost-Effective
Segment
Reach
Audience
Target
Very
Precise
Social
Manner
Media
There is some confusion in my mind whether to continue to write on banking or try newer pastures.
Ravi Subramanian
Try
Confusion
Mind
Some
Write
Continue
Banking
Whether
I always felt that one needs to be remembered long after one has gone.
Ravi Subramanian
Needs
Long
Gone
Remembered
Felt
Always
After
Given my extensive background in foreign banks, writing about them came quite naturally to me. Thankfully, God has been kind to me.
Ravi Subramanian
God
Me
Writing
Background
Has-Been
Kind
About
Given
Foreign
Came
Been
Thankfully
Quite
Banks
Them
Naturally
Extensive
A writer must experiment with genres. Otherwise, it is a restriction on the craft.
Ravi Subramanian
Experiment
Otherwise
Must
Restriction
Writer
Genres
Craft
You need to be the CEO of your own book.
Ravi Subramanian
You
Book
Own
CEO
Your
Need
If you are careful about the content and writing style, readers will not feel that you are in a hurry.
Ravi Subramanian
You
Writing
Will
Style
Hurry
About
Writing Style
Feel
Readers
Content
Careful
When you write stories linking reality to a big storyline, people relate to it better.
Ravi Subramanian
You
Reality
People
Better
Big
Relate
Write
Linking
Stories
Storyline
I keep saying my books don't have superheroes. They have ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
Ravi Subramanian
Saying
People
Extraordinary
Books
Superheroes
Situations
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Ordinary Situations
Keep
One shouldn't say yes in desperation to the first publisher who approaches. New authors especially should wait and weigh their deal and agree only when they are sure that they have landed themselves a good offer.
Ravi Subramanian
Good
Desperation
Wait
First
Approaches
Say
Only
Weigh
New
Sure
Deal
Yes
Offer
Authors
Landed
Themselves
Should
Who
Agree
Publisher
Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.
Ravi Subramanian
Honesty
Emotions
Own
Write
Writers
Come
Most
Intensity
Where
Experiences
A misconception that exists in the eyes of the general reading population is that authors make truckloads of money.
Ravi Subramanian
Eyes
Money
Reading
General
Misconception
Make
Exists
Authors
Population
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