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Internshala Creative Writing Course by Kulpreet Yadav: Review

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I love taking courses.  I always have. Last year I took the Blogchatter creative writing course, and this year it’s the Internshala Creative Writing course.  Writing creative nonfiction is fun.  I do a lot of it. 

But I want to learn storytelling better and write better stories.  While teaching my daughter at home, I realized children like listening to stories.  It’s easiest to make them understand morality, ethics, and honesty through stories. Not just by definition.

Adults, too, love their stories.  Maybe not the Cinderella and the Prince ones, but stories we like.  If I want to do a better job of educating, I need to learn storytelling better. That was my 2020 goal. Since then I have taken a total of four Creative writing courses and the Internshala Creative Writing course by Kulpreet Yadav is the best. I took courses by Ruskin Bond and Anita Nair through Unlu, now Mugafi and both were very interesting but lacked the depth that the Internsahla course had

All the time I have been blogging, I have learned. The best part of blogging for me is my personal learning curve while I help spread awareness.

That’s why when I found  Mr. Kulpreet Yadav taking this course virtually, I quickly signed up.

In case you like doing courses, this one will make you happy.

The course is hosted by the online educational platform Internshala. It has videos as the primary course material with a few reading resources, plenty of practice quizzes, specific module assignments, and module quizzes to test your mettle.

You can only unlock the next levels, after taking the one-shot quizzes.

The assignments are peer-reviewed, and you have to review work by your peers at each level of assignment.Its also currently a Government Certified Course.

What does it cover?

Creative writing as a whole, Fiction, nonfiction, editing, publishing, scriptwriting, feature writing, advertisement, and modules make up the course. The videos are informative. Mr. Kulpreet Yadav is effective in his brevity.

The mock quizzes are very well structured and are educational.

The course curriculum is well thought out.

The main contest makes it fun. If you want to know about the contest check this.

What could be better?

I would love video transcripts.  Sometimes the internet is slow, and videos tend to take time. 

Maybe more details for authors choosing the self-publishing route through Kindle.

In Conclusion:

This is a must-take course if you want to write better. That’s the crux of it.

I am looking forward to applying what I learned.  If you have taken Creative writing courses, do let me know in the comments below.

Creative Writing Course Syllabus 2023
68 video tutorials
4 writing assignments

Topics:

Getting Started With Creative Writing
Get Started with Internshala Trainings
Can Creative Writing Be Learned?
My Story and a Few Notable Examples
How to Deal with Writer’s Block, Find Ideas, and Remain Motivated?
Writing Better Through Observation, Experience, and Research

Introduction to Fiction Writing
Fiction Based on Word Count
Structure of a Story
The Elements of a Story
Element One: Character
Element Two: Plot
Element Three: Setting
Element Four: Point of View
Element Five: Conflict
Tools for Good Writing
Importance of Short Stories
The Significance of Fan Fiction
The Significance of Serialised Fiction
Converting Ideas into Impactful Novels
Importance of Reading Habit
Reviewing a Book
What Writers Say About Writing
Fireside Chat with an Award-winning Author


Editing

Introduction to Editing
Tools for Good Editing
Step by Step Author Editing
Formatting of a Book
Editing as a Career


Non-fiction

Introduction to Non-fiction
Creative Non-fiction
Feature Writing
News Report: Its Format, Types, and Elements
Fireside Chat with a Renowned Feature Writer

Screenplay and Advertising

Screenplay Writing
Advertisement Writing


Publishing
Introduction to Publishing
How to Send a Manuscript to a Publisher
The Role of a Literary Agent
Important Sections of the Author-Publisher Contract
Plagiarism: Definition and Its Relationship with Copyright
The World of Self-publishing
E-publishing and Audiobook Publishing
Fundamentals of Book Marketing: Being an Authorpreneur
Fireside Chat with a Leading Publisher
The Big 20 Takeaways to Fire Your Creative Writing Journey

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10 Mistakes to Avoid as a New Blogger

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I was lucky when I started blogging. I had a blogging angel called AmyLynnAndrews.

From her blog, I learned about many aspects of blogging and about Pat Flynn, Neil Patel, Brian Dean.

That led me to find virtual blogging mentors who earned money online as a business. I understood that in blogging, just like in life, a relevant source of help and looking for the authority of the person sharing the information is crucial.

Number one mistake to avoid:

To avoid following the advice of every W, Y, Z.Check the real life credentials of the people you follow.

Number two mistake to avoid:

Telling people it’s just a hobby. Because honestly, that devalues all your hard work. It may be part-time but, it’s meaningful, and that’s why you do it. Not remembering that the free blog is not really free. You pay for internet and with your time. You can’t earn more time, so spend time with care.

Number three mistake to avoid:

Not being a part of Blogchatter. I started blogging in 2014. Blogchatter was not yet in the blogging scene. I remember how bored I was feeling when I thought I was blogging in a vacuum. The rest, as they say, is history. I made all my bloggers or writer friends with Blogchatter.

Number 4 mistake to avoid

Focusing only on technical stuff and not on the storytelling.

Number 5 mistake to avoid

Focusing on the storytelling and skipping SEO.

Number 6 mistake to avoid:

Not thinking about the blog as part of your brand .

Number 7 mistake to avoid

Sharing advice about topics involving YMYL(your money your life topics) with no authority or expertise. It can harm your blog if Google finds your content copycat, controversial and not according to proven data. An opinion post on these topics works as long as you steer clear of misleading people. Trust lost is forever.

Number 8 mistake to avoid

Forgetting you can’t fake it forever. Authenticity is crucial.

Number 9 mistake to avoid

Forgetting about 99% hard work when it comes to success. Hardwork is the key to success.

Number 10 mistake to avoid

Not having fun blogging. Because when you stop having fun, it becomes difficult.

The best thing I did with my smartphone is start a blog.The next best thing was to become a part of Blogchatter and the third thing was when I wrote and published my books.

Do what your heart desires, which also lets you earn money and you will stay happy and healthy and

If you want to know all about what I use on my blog, read this free resource.

If you want to deep dive, read this book.

Is this all ?Not really.There may be more mistakes I am making now ,but you can only connect the dots looking back(Steve Jobs quote) ,right?I don’t know it all,buy its been 8eigj

Blogging Mindset A to Z

A for Authenticity

B for Beauty of Blogging (hint it’s the straight from the heart part)

Creativity and community communication

D Doing the work

E Expertise or the lack of it

F Focus and flow

G Gratitude for the opportunity the internet gives us.

H Happy to be a blogger

I Independence from gatekeepers of writing

J Jack of all trades, master of none, but still better than master of one.

K KDP publishing as a part of the writing ecosystem

L Letting go of perfectionism

M Making money

N Near sighted behavior

O Opportunity follows when hardwork shows.

P Power of your positivity

Q Quest of a blogger

R Rainmaker

S SEO is misunderstood

T Trustworthiness

U Unique

V Virtue

W Winning mindset

X Xrated doesn’t work in the long run

Y Say Yes carefully

Z Zap your ego.

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Make Money Blogging with Blogchatter in 2022 : Blogging for Beginners

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What’s new at Blogchatter?

Plenty. Most importantly if you are writing on your blog, just by being a part of the Blogchatter community, reading and writing will help you earn points and money in the bank too!

The Summary of the events at Blogchatter

The 2022 calendar is packed full of campaigns, challenges, and more. Best of all, it’s gamified and helps you earn while you write, read and share.

When my sister heard this, she asked,

“But isn’t that something you already did?”

Me

“Yes and no. The earning points for writing on CauseAchatter, The Blogchatter Reading Challenge, A to Z, Ebook library are different. Plus the reels challenge, earn while you write for Be storified and Blogchatter.”

“Wait, wait.

Go back, repeat.

You are going too fast.”

Thats when I decided to write down everything I knew about the new stuff at Blogchatter. So don’t worry, just bookmark this post or save it on your phone home screen and read it at leisure. Did I mention I also wrote a book about Blogging Challenges that help? You can find a free excerpt here.

Details of campaigns and Whats New on Blogchatter in 2022

Did you know Monday Mutiny is now on Instagram!

But chai pe charcha is on Twitter at 4.30 pm.

The #Blogchatter Twitter chat new timing 7.30 lm instead of 8.30 pm.

The Fb live on Friday too is at 7 pm instead of 8 pm. That’s all the new timings for you.

In February, there’s a whole new challenge called Write a page a day. Where you need to write ten thousand words by February 28th. Write every day and share with the hashtag #WriteAPageADay on Twitter. The word count needs to be updated daily. You can write on your phone, in your diary, .on the blog, or on social media. Just register, write, share word count on Twitter with the hashtag, and complete the ten thousand words in 28 days to complete the challenge. There are points to be earned for this too. The best part is you can write anywhere as long as it’s a page.

Of course, the A to Z writing challenge is possible only in April. That was when I wrote my first book in 2016. 

We have the Pitchfest, where you will learn to pitch our manuscript in May, and the Blogchatter ebook carnival in June. This time the A to Z is not clubbed with the Ebook carnival. You will have time to work on your book if you are blogging a book during A to Z.

July and October will see Blogchatter Half Marathons. For the uninitiated, it’s straight fifteen days of daily blogging.

There’s going to be a chance to do 15 days nonstop reels challenge on Instagram in August.

My Friend Alexa is scheduled for September, but with Alexa.com saying goodbye, let’s see what happens.

Throughout this, you can write for CauseAchatter. Three posts every quarter and you earn points too. The Blogchatter Projects in December lets you end your year with a bang.

In The Blogchatter Reading Challenge, just update your reading list. A screenshot or picture of the book, book’s name, and author. That’s it, you are done.

That’s pretty packed.

In 2020 when Blogchatter 2.0 was launched there were several new things. One of them was making money as a new blogger. That my dear friend is the most difficult thing which no one tells you. Everyone promises quick wins but no one gives you a step-by-step plan. Today I will give you a step-by-step plan to earn even as a new blogger.

Make Money Blogging With Blogchatter in 2022

1.Register on Blogchatter.

2. Sign up for the challenges, featured campaigns. You will earn reward points every time you successfully finish challenges. In case you win, then there’s more.

3 . Write for Blogchatter guest post. You have to write to pitchus@theblogchatter.com.When your idea gets approved, write, submit and earn 3000 points(that’s 3000 INR) which you can redeem instantly from your Blogchatter wallet

4 Write for Bestorified Guest post. As far as I know, it’s 2000 Points for five posts in a year. But you can always check the updated terms and conditions on their site.

5. Every month there are featured bloggers who earn points too. How to be a featured blogger? Write regularly, submit your blog posts to the blogroll, share them with your hashtag. Then visit other blog posts on the blog roll. Read, comment, and share posts from the community. Do this regularly and you will be a featured blogger.

6. You also earn when you read books and complete your own reading challenge.

7. Write for CauseAChatter and champion a cause each quarter and earn reward points. You need to write 3 posts per quarter to qualify.

8. Blogchatter Projects in December helps you complete a passion project give it the year-end boost and get rewarded too.

9. Write for Brand campaigns: For these Blogchatter curate bloggers personally, depending on requirements.

10. Register for Book Reviews with Blogchatter.

Besides this, Blogchatter has sudden surprise contests, challenges, surveys, and opportunities to write and earn reward points. One point equals INR 1. Your points are redeemable when you reach 1499 points.

The payment terms and conditions are glitch-free and happen at the press of a button. Life at Blogchatter is good. Come check out the Blogchatter calendar.

Disclaimer: How much you earn will depend on your own effort. It’s a lot of work but this is based on my own experience .

I have been friends with all the Blogchatter peeps since 2016. I made all my writer friends there. I earn with Blogchatter. Yes, I have commercial relationships, but we are friends too.This, by the way, is a friend post.If you asked me why Blogchatter?I will give you five reasons.

5 Reasons Why you need to be a Blogchatter Community member: Best Blogging Community in India

1)They have been running strong since 2015, and together with their growth, they also help you as a blogger grow. It’s the best Bloggers community in India. I have been part of a few, and Blogchatter will help you find the balance between creativity and economics of sustainable creation.

2)They understand the concept of continuous learning and help you learn.

3)Earn while you learn is at the core of the Blogchatter modus operandi, and you earn as even as a newbie. 

4. The community supports you throughout.

5. You will have fun while you navigate the online digital maze. That helps sustain your career as a blogger.

You learn by association and observation. It’s not a sprint but a marathon. A creative journey can help you earn too.

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Does Blogging(Really)Help wanna-be- Authors?

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It’s the chicken and egg quandary.
Does the egg come first or the chicken?
Should all authors blog?
Should all bloggers write books?
I am partial to bloggers and adore blogging.
It’s blogging behind all my book-writing journey. Have you read my book on Blogging, SEO, and keywords? It has been selected for Prime reading multiple times and is easily one of my top-selling ebooks on Kindle. The best part is it’s free on Kindle Unlimited.

Read 22 Free (Almost) Blogging Tools Resources for 2021 Which Help


But saying that, I do have some input about life on the other side
I started blogging in 2014. Before that October, I only read blogs and never imagined I could write one. Let alone write books.But God and the universe have a fantastic way of setting you up for the adventures you seek in your subconscious.That’s the power of a healthy mind.


My favorite blogs included smart passive income by Pat Flynn, which still has some of the best working and earning online content. The best part is Pat is honest. At least as real as anyone online is.He is trying a lot of things. Finding what sticks and then rooting for it and building a business around it.You will learn, but whether it will work for your niche, is a journey you have to take.


I share my experience as a person who was a bookworm since age eight. I always wanted to be a doctor and still love primary vocation. But writing is the surprised friend I made when I changed cities with a new job and a new baby.
Having no friends to share my stories with, I took to blogging like a life raft.Later I read that unlikely writers write in moments of loneliness.I psychoanalyze myself so much that I am more inside my head than anywhere else. Busy job and bringing up a kid with an even busier husband didn’t leave for the loneliness of the physical kind, but the keep-my-mind-healthy-chit-chat kind.

The writing was and is still a way to declutter the mind. It’s my pensieve. Only that which makes sense seems to flow out of my hands from all the busy brain clutter. I worry about usefulness, helpfulness, research, SEO, but I write for women like my daughter and me.
It’s a way of keeping all my learnings in one place so that even if I am no more, I can help her.

Blogging now since 2014, I have written more than 1000 blog posts. Are they all perfect? Most likely Not, But did I write to help? Always. That’s why when I go back to add more data to my existing post, it takes time. It’s always more challenging to redo than do it fresh.

Now, how blogging helps you write?


It’s a habit. Writing and making sense with words. When it comes to the blogging game, it is habit-forming in the public domain.

When it’s a blog post, it has an objective. But the scope of the blog post doesn’t always encourage a deep dive into a topic. Especially if you are playing the game of blogging every day.Seth Godin blogs every day. So I am still collecting data about what happens when I blog every day and not. If you are a writer for a very long time, have always been writing, since the time you can remember, this answer may not be what you seek, This is true especially if you are a fiction author .Wait for the next part of this series where I talk about writers blogging.

This is part of my My Friend Alexa series with Blogchatter.

Part 1

https://healthwealthbridge.com/category/blogging-journey/

Author Interview with Heather Wilde: Birth of a Unicorn

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 Good books make you want to talk to the author. I recently read the book Birth of a Unicorn by Heather Wilde. This is what she said about her vision, writing, and inspiration.

What made you write this book?

I was challenged to write this book by my coach — and dear friend — Mark Rowland. He asked me to write down the experiences that I had been through that had brought me to the point in my life in a way that would be helpful to the “me of 5-10 years ago”.

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What inspired the book Name?

It’s a double-”double-entendre”.

As a woman, one of the most difficult and yet beautiful processes you can ever go through in life is birth — it is painful and changes you mentally and physically in so many ways, and in the end, you have something that you dreamed about but is never quite what you expected it to be.

A “unicorn” symbolizes something or someone with unique and rare gifts — and it also means a startup with a billion-dollar valuation.

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What is the most important step of the 6 Steps?

Every step is equally important — it’s more about finding the right balance for you. For me, the most important step was gaining the knowledge of how to identify when you’re starting to fall out of balance. Once I had gone through it once, I was able to identify myself falling back into my old patterns and quickly was able to cut that cycle off.

Are you still living a digital nomad life?

In a way, I think everyone has had a taste of the digital nomad lifestyle in the past year. The last twelve months have been the longest stretch of time I’ve been in one place out of the last 15 years, and I’m looking forward to the day when we are all safe and I can join my global brothers and sisters around the world again.

What is your biggest takeaway from that life?

My biggest takeaway is that it doesn’t take “stuff” to make someone happy. The more I’ve traveled, the more I’ve had to learn to live out of smaller and smaller places — often only just a suitcase. I realized early on that the things that are most important to me are the experiences I get to have and the relationships I’ve built — which are priceless and don’t take up any room at all.

What’s your process of writing a book?

It’s a lot of pacing around the house until I have an idea pretty much fully formed, and then I just sit down and write whatever bit wants to come out. I also have been known to record myself answering questions and transcribing the audio, then editing from there.

If you had to do this all again, what would you do differently?

I’d tell myself to buy Google shares in 2000.

On a more personal note, I’d be more kind to myself as I was working through everything I went through. I wouldn’t have changed anything about the experience though, as it made me who I am today.

 

Rapid Fire :

 

Your favorite business book? The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need

Your favorite colour? Grey

Your favorite food? Escargot

Your hobby? Making Ice Cream

What do you love about writing? I love creating worlds.

 

 

Quick Video Tips for your Content Basket!(For Bloggers)

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Videos are everywhere.Wistia has just put forward their report for Video trends in 2021 .It’s no surprise that videos are big when it comes to creating an impact. But what kind of engagement and ROI does videos have?Unlike static images videos are more difficult to create.

I am by no means a natural video person.I am a person who understand words quicker in text format.But as a content creator learning to swerve on time, is crucial.

Bloggers worry about video taking over the world.But wait .All is not lost.Every good video needs a good script.What you and I lack in tech stuff,we can make up for in storytelling .

I have my YouTube channel for a very long time.But somehow never could manage a content calendar.But I try .It’s one of the things I am still trying to learn. I understand how difficult it is for people like us to think,storyboard and then create videos.Them being attractive comes much later .The actual process of going in front of the camera is paralyzing. If you check my YouTube channel you will understand I am no expert vlogger.

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But my Pinterest,Tangi videos or Instagram reels video seem to work.I am still in the learning phase.However like my entire blogging ,writing ,drawing journey,the more I share,the more I learn.

So for V of Blogchatter AtoZ check this out.

I will share 3 of my favorite video creating software

  • Canva (Try for Free the Pro account for 30 days)
  • Lumen 5
  • Inshot

8 Places where I share my video

  1. My website articles
  2. Web stories
  3. Youtube channel
  4. Tangi
  5. Pinterest
  6. Instagram
  7. Facebook
  8. Twitter

You may be wondering why you even need the video content. You don’t need to ,but you could if you wanted to give your online presence another dimension . Multiple dimension is multiple ways of you helping people.

5 Tips for  Start creating videos

  • Start today.
  • Start sharing how-to or tutorial videos in your niche.
  • Try to focus on good quality audio for the video.
  • Use Canva for easily creating showstopper thumbnails and Resize them for other platforms.(Canva is great for Resizing with one click)
  • Schedule the release of your video teasers in different platforms.
  • Use clips of different lengths,remix with music ,make a fast-forward video to  create a twist to your content bouquet.

Don’t


Don’t create video content which is boring,a rehash which you don’t enjoy creating.Because no one will enjoy watching them.Check out this Resource for more of what and how I use video.

https://healthwealthbridge.com/blogging-resources-which-have-helped/

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