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Number One Tip for Fighting Writers Block #Podcast #Episode128

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on October 3, 2023 6

Fighting writer’s block is not easy. In this episode of the Healthwealthbridge Podcast, I share my number 1 tip to fight writer’s block.

I took the Creative Writing course by Kulpreet Yadav at Internshala in 2020. It helped me become a better storyteller. But writing as you know is not an exact science. You add a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and using those same letters everyone uses, you have to weave your tale. So here is mine talking about my number one tip to fight Writers Block and my number one favorite blog post.

Launching season 3 of the Healtwhealthbridge Podcast this is episode #128 and I am grateful for all the support I have received over the years. I started podcasting in 2018 and as with technology, nothing stays new or glittery like the first flush of love.

Writing too is a fight between the self which wants me to get better, feel better, and write better, and the one that says nothing matters. Dust to dust and all becomes meaningless or is that not right?

Why exactly do I write or keep writing? I started blogging on 13th October 2014 and it’s a roller coaster. Blogging seems to be Neanderthal when I see all the fancy stuff everyone is doing. Plodding away at the computer when you can do a reel or shorts or a fancy captioned video, or is that not the whole story?

If you are a book lover and have read Enid Blyton you will know the power of the book and written words survive way better than anything else. I still love reading mysteries written by Enid Blyton,Erle Stanley Gardner, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Satyajit Ray to name just a few. They are my source of comfort reading and my inspiration to write mysteries. Books that ensure that good will always overshadow the bad,however powerful the bad becomes it’s never a match.

jewel tree by Amrita Basu with IAP MALDA Pledge.We will strive to make mother earth greener and healthier for her children.

Just like that, your creative block or writer’s block is in no way a match for your writing soul, which bursts forth when you start typing, trying text to speech or whatever way you have to write.

Writing is your way of sharing your story, your voice, and your unique experiences, which is all-important to help someone just like you find their voice or words. So keep writing my friend and if you are a mystery lover you will enjoy this short story Krishna Mishra and the Rani’s Rubies.

The Yellow,red Hibiscus with Frangipani (pink one):Art by Amrita Basu

10 Things Writers Worry About Plus Book Giveaway !

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on July 6, 2022 4

Have you ever felt like you stopped doing something ,just when luck would be changing?Or maybe you ecsaped getting hurt, because of a spur of the moment decision?It’s not stories which are difficult to write .

It’s the editing and final push you need to get the book out in the world.Sometimes I wonder how people like Rabindranath Tagore,Satyajit Ray ,Enid Blyton,Agatha Christie were so prolific ,interesting and lucid.How did they edit their work?How did they get the stories out in the world?Books and authors even when there are memoirs and autobiographies like this one seldom tell the full tales of tears and tribulations.

Everyone says the third book is the most difficult and this was the third in the Krishna Mishra series .But for me the fourth book is creating trouble .Its almost done and I am waiting for work on the cover and blurb.Hopefully I will be able to get it out within a week,

*What are the 10 Things Writers Worry About?*

This is July, and July for me, has always been about books . You can check out my Audiobook here, and today I have a gift for you. My third ebook in the Krishna Mishra series is up for grabs for a limited time. Just click the link, and it’s free for you . Gift it to a friend or share it with those who like a good mystery. Your support means a lot to me.

Krishna Mishra & The Rani’s Rubies: Krishna Mishra Mystery (A KRISHNA MISHRA STORY Book 3)

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Hunt for the Royal Ruby

Krishna Mishra has a passion for solving crimes. Behind his boyish good looks lies a deductive genius—his reputation for identifying thieves, fraudsters, and murderers.

A lunch invitation turns into a hunt for a Royal Ruby. Krishna finds himself investigating an ingenious theft. The Rani’s Ruby disappears, leaving behind a perfect replica, an intriguing crime. The truth lies under the shadows of human nature until Krishna arrives on the scene.

This is Book 3 in the Krishna Mishra series, and Krishna doesn’t disappoint. Krishna Mishra is an ex-Army intelligence officer and has MBBS under his belt. Then he specialized in Forensics medicine and enrolled in the army. Nowadays, he has his own detective agency.

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So what are the 10 things Writers Worry About?

What to write?
Will it be right ?
How to write it?On paper,phone or laptop?
Will anyone read it?
Should I let anyone read it ?
How much money can I make from this ?
Will I make any money from it?
What if I don’t make any money from it?Should I stop writing?
Will it help anyone?
What if I don’t write it and someone else gets the idea and it’s a big hit like the HP series or thr Ring trilogy?

It’s perfectly okay if you never worry about any of these and have your own pet worries to worry about .That’s the best part about having a Creative brain .You can worry creatively .Seriously why have the same worry ?It needs to be dealt with or discarded or maybe lend it to someone who really needs one?

Writing this with the Ultimate Blog Challenge gang ,who helps me fight the “should I even write block” regularly.

So dear writer,keep writing .It’s a gift and we are blessed.

Permission To Create and Finding Flow

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 17, 2021 3

Paul told us to write about it, and I can only tell you what works for me. I am going through a podcasting and video block since forever. I still enjoy doing it when I do, but with everything in life, this is going through changes since 2020.

But without boring you with all the details, I will answer questions that people ask me. How do You? Manage to do it all. I don’t. Yes, I said it. I don’t do it all. At least not at the same time. It doesn’t happen in continuity.

It doesn’t happen consistently, even though I keep on trying to be consistent. But I persist.
It’s my own Creative Life Everest. Before 2020 I thought being a doctor is my left-brained work and writing was so right-brained. But during the lockdown, I realized our brain doesn’t like to work with partitions. It likes to do stuff together. It’s an artificial divide that we suffer from. A perception of what’s right and what’s left. No one would be a complete human without a whole brain. So unless you are having a functional MRI done to assess what’s being used for which work or play, for you, we simply don’t know. But we can can some idea from scientifc research .But not the exact pathway which is helping you do ,what you do .

I digress. Sorry for the medical jargon. But what you learn and what you do happen to intermingle. Improve your brain. It’s not just IQ but Brain health. The more inter-neuronal connections you have, the better it is.

It’s your way of surviving the chaos of living. Life rarely goes according to the entire plan. So keeping a swerving margin is crucial. How well you pivot is behind how well you live. I sometimes don’t manage at all. I just read a book and think in the background. What is making me happy now? Will that work 10 years down the line. Why should we try to live and work better?

I am a big supporter of Digital health and Digital Education. It can help us make massive strides. But behind everything, we need a human touch. That’s why when you have writers block go back to nature.

Think about the last time you forget what you were doing while doing it? That’s your clue to finding flow. If you are to enjoy doing something, it needs to have flow. Otherwise, it doesn’t work. You just need to keep writing to get over a writing block. If you don’t feel inspired, you need to do some other creative thing that is effortless.

Write for the fun of it. Paint for the fun of it. When I read Living colors I understood this.

Ignore editing and publishing for now. Just write. Go out for a walk. Ask yourself, “what’s the most difficult part of writing?” It could be too much research into how to write. It could be too much obsession about the correct grammar. It could be fear of ridicule about how to do things right. It could be fear of SEO and lack of the proper keyword. Whatever it is, writing needs a story and an inner urge. You need to write because you want to.

Publishing, on the other hand, is a whole different thing! Don’t let the fear of judgments stop you from charting your own path. If the Pandemic has taught us one thing, that’s the flexibility of the human spirit. You can do this. Just start with the first 100 words. Do it in your diary, phone, laptop. Just keep practicing, and once you start writing in free flow, the publishing part will get easier. We are all born with permission to create.

It’s only when we start thinking we overthink and upset the proverbial creative apple cart. All of us are part of nature. Nature creates every day. You have permission to create. Don’t let your fears hold you back. Also, don’t leave your day job. It’s better to have a hobby outside work than a hobby to make ends meet. Because “Real Artists Don’t Starve“.

So create one day at a time. You can do it.

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Writing Down The Bones:You and Your words

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on May 3, 2021 8

Writing down the Bones is a book by Natalie Goldberg which every writer must read.Make that every artist. Writing is like giving the world a piece of your mind.When you sit down to write ,you search your brain for those hidden memories forgotten experiences, sudden pleasures .You weave them into a tapestry and then you wonder.

If you are a writer, wanting to write or an artist of some medium -Read the book.

Insights from Writing Down the Bones

Is it good enough?Should I even show it to the world?What if people know that you are faking it?Any art which is created is good enough .Because you believed in it.Showing up with it is tough,but is indeed half the job.It gives you validation.

AND everybody is faking it .So while writing keep your hand moving is crucial.

Right brain writes, left brain edits so don’t correct while writing that stops the glow.Don’t think about what if it doesn’t make sense?Few first drafts for anyways.

So should you still write ?Yes to be a writer you must write.To be a painter you must paint. To be an artist you must create Art every day.

Creating Art takes work.Work at having fun in losing yourself in the process ,in the practice of it.

It’s about the Practice.Sometimes you would want to do the dishes,fold laundry, clean the kitchen sink twice before even starting to write.Those are the days you must definitely write and also the other days.Wriying is a practice. It’s a practice training your hand muscle to do the job at hand.If procrastination is your enemy ,you still must sit.

In the book that’s the most powerful message the author gives.It’s a Practice .I wanted to write about COVID and ended up writing about writing.It’s where your keyboard takes you.Some words are easier than others .In the book the author gives you a list of writing prompts to help you write with your senses.She talks about composting our experiences to make our writing richer.

Golden words -You learn to write by writing .
Another must read book and I am not going to pretend to critique it.Its a beautiful book which all writers who want to listen to their soul better,must read.

Remember Real Artists Don’t Starve!

Real Artists Don’t Starve (Book Review): 13 Zen Gems

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on May 1, 2021 6

Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins is the book all artists must-read. Talking about money is just not polite in many societies. You could wait for the person paying you to talk money and you could end up waiting forever.

But you must be able to support your work or have someone support it. Your day job may be supporting your creative life. Whatever it is, barter won’t work, neither will platitudes. You need real money in the back for your living expense and for supporting family.

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It shouldn’t be a one-off, and it definitely must be worth your work.
But why does the starving artist model made so famous? You definitely should create art for art’s sake. But for that, you need to be able to create from a place of zen. Thats, why you need the money from one or more sources coming in. Jeff Goins, doesn’t mince his words, and he is right.

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When I work as a writer, I expect to be paid in money.
It’s okay if you can agree with someone’s valuation of your work who wants to give you gift vouchers of shopping sites, including their own. That could work for some people, not for all.
You must know what you need to sustain your work as an artist.

Did you know Michelangelo is one of the world’s wealthiest artists?At the time of his demise ,his estate was worth 35 million dollars in recent money
He definitely didn’t believe in starving.
His work ethic helped him thrive and not starve. The author talks about Paul Torrance and how he believed Creativity could exist in all areas of life. It was a way of thinking which could, if leveraged right, bloom flowers in desserts.

13 Zen Gems from Real Artists Don’t Starve :Rules of the New Renaissance-Principles every thriving Artist live by

The practice is crucial for becoming an artist.
You must always be teachable.
But to learn, you will need patience, perseverance, and humility
Thriving Artist makes money to make art
The change starts with mindset.
As Michaelangelo believed, you can live both a creative life and a prosperous one/Definitely works for me too.
When you see the current life script doesn’t match the story you want to say, it’s wise to tweak it.
But Creativity is work, and that must be remembered.
We believe and practice it till we make it. Thats the spirit of the book,
Becoming an artist has a lot to do with looking inside your own self. We are never done becoming who we are, and there is a choice to be creative at every turn.
Grit is a superpower.
The location of the Artist has a role to play.
Sometimes our most apparent gifts are hardest to recognize

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The thriving Artist understands that the art of making money is as important as making the art itself. Otherwise, it’s unsustainable. The money allows the work to continue. It’s not the reason artists create, but it’s essential. Let no one tell you otherwise.

We are all apprentice s in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
Hemingway

So should you read the book or not?

Reading the book is a must for all.Because we are all artists in our work and we deserve to get paid!

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7 Ways to make kids fall in love with Creative Writing #CauseAChatter

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 30, 2020 4

I remember writing a poem back in school. The only memory I have of writing poetry. I remember I wrote it, because I won the third prize for it. I have zero recollection about the topic or what I wrote.I never thought writing was my ‘thing’.Ever.

It’s a difficult art form for me and I still feel surprised that I could rhyme!

Now my daughter loves rhyming stuff both in Bengali and English.

Watching her enjoy herself drawing,writing crafting I realize the art forms are very fluid.Using one, opens up portals to the others.Its like a portkey to creative life.

My daughter likes to draw and scribbles stories about what she draws.

Last Wednesday she was asked to find five leaves , stick them on a paper and write a poem about the five leaves .This is what she wrote.

7 Steps to make kids love Creative Writing

1) If you want them to write better stories, you better help them read more.

Reading habits are crucial for writing better.

When you want your kids to read a book.Start reading with them.If you want them to write better, read with them

Read stories together.Reading and writing go together.If you don’t find the time to read you just don’t have the resources to write.Or even if you do write, you run the risk of running dry!

All creative wells need refilling.Reading is a sure fire way to help kids write better.The better stories they read ,the more their imagination flowers.They definitely write better .Happens with me , happens with my daughter.

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7 Tips to make Kids love Creative Writing

2)Kindle their imagination.My daughter told me that watching me draw makes her hungry for “art”. That’s a super clue.The trick to make things more interesting is if kids see you having fun with it.There’s nothing more contagious than having fun!

Don’t force them to write in a certain way.Let their imagination go wild.

3) Get rid of the fear that arts and science don’t go together.Its a man made difference.Your brain has two parts and you can learn to use both.There’s an art to science and a science of arts. It’s all a matter of perspective. Excelling in everything according to preset parameters,is not the objective here.The plan is to learn to think out of the box, be creative and learn to write freely.

4) Free writing:It is liberating for the soul.Its a gift you would want to give your child.The more she learns to think objectively while expressing , the better equipped she will be to find solutions .Creative writing needs to start with her zone of interest and push her boundaries.????

If she likes drawing more,ask her to draw a picture and then tell a story about what she drew.This will help her plan her pictures better.????

If she already likes writing, ask her to draw pictures depicting her writing.This will help her make her stories and poems more visual.

5) Teach them to self edit.

This one is hard for you and me and tougher for kids .Eight and older kids can learn to use Grammarly too. Its that easy.The best part, is when it’s an AI they are less likely to feel bad being critiqued.

Kids expect all their work to be masterpieces and they are.That’s the secret ingredient behind parents loving all the magic they create.But in the real world improvement comes from self improvement.As parents you can teach them to edit and correct without feeling sad.When they learn to correct themselves , they start learning to write better.

6)Use the cartoon or graphic novel method.

They are popular for a reason.My little girl didn’t want to read some of my favourite famous five because they lacked pictures.Young children needs pictures to imagine.So if you want them to learn to write better,draw pictures with them and then write stories about those pictures .The words will flow better.

7) Take inspiration from nature.Watch birds together.Having a bird feeder on the balcony helped us watch mommy birds feeding baby birds and that’s part of many stories we told each other.????

Looking at seeds germinate????, buds flower????,butterflies play hide and seek????,????ants crawl and our goldfish swim???? were stories which happened.

8 )Take inspiration from science projects.Ask them to make a cartoon story about a concept they learned.Teach them about gravity and then weave a story out if it.The apple did fall from the tree! ????

8)Practice writing together .If you write with them, they will enjoy it more.Write different stories with the same prompt.Play a story antakshsri on paper and see how much fun writing becomes. I guarantee, it helps. ????

9) Travel stories.????

When you travel ask them to keep notes in a small journal.Coming back or when on the train or plane talk about the journey.Then ask them to write about it and doodle along.

You will enjoy their version of travel stories about the food they liked and hated about the hits and misses.

10) Exercise or play just before sitting down to write. ????

Exercise held improve levels of endorphins in your brain.This feel good chemical will help get those words out.When you teach them the connection between walking or exercising with writing,you are building super life skills.Helping their brain and improves cognitive skills at the same time.

Creative writing helps your brain do somersaults.They help you build better connections .Brain wellbeing means exercising your brain .Doing something difficult, which challenges your brain is a great way to do just that.

As parents when you teach your child to use their Creative writing skills, you help them develop their right brain.STEM education and left brain thinking plus supercharging the right brain helps kids become better thinkers.Creative at problem-solving,and design thinking. When you give them habits for the real world and improve their cognitive skills, there’s no downside.

This blog post is not just for COVID times but for all time !

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Number One Tip for Fighting Writers Block #Podcast #Episode128

10 Things Writers Worry About Plus Book Giveaway !

Krishna Mishra & The Rani’s Rubies: Krishna Mishra Mystery (A KRISHNA MISHRA STORY Book 3)

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