I am quite different from the writer that you read on my blog,
or in my stories. I am not a believer in words like love, emotions, weddings,
celebrations, birthdays, anniversaries, and so called family. Experience
crafted me more like a practical person in real life.
But as a writer, I am very emotional about my characters, plot
and the story line. I love to experiment with my thoughts, emotions,
experiences and miseries. I play with my words to portray my characters
completely different from me. If I would have been like my characters maybe I
would not have been a good writer. Well, the good news is that as I give in too
much of efforts in presenting my protagonist - my story gets shortlisted as a
winning story out of 100 odd entries for this contest. Please the character
Archana in this story is not me as I do not have kids and I am not facing this
situation BUT if I was like this character - how my life would have been.
Basically, I could not think of a better name than mine. This story is bit
edited by the editors as per the magazine's requirements.
To understand the psychology and physiology of a protagonist is
the biggest challenge for any short story writer. Not being a mother of two
children yet to think like one was quite a challenge for me. This story is
inspired by mothers around me who finds it hard to devote time to their
interests. They do suffer of identity-crisis, and that’s quite obvious. I
wanted to write a short story getting out of my comfort zone.
It gives me immense pleasure to be among the top three winners
(in no particular order) out of more than 100 odd entries. I dedicate this
story to every woman who thinks that she needs or deserves a day for herself,
as well. Thank you to my friends who shared their problems with me from where I
created this character Archana, in my story .
Thank you to my editors and the entire team of Bonobology for
shortlisting my story as a winning story. You can register and leave your
comment at the below link – where you can read my story as well. Hope you will
like it. Share and spread the message!
A good start of the week!
Happy Monday!
