Amrita C

@amritac.bsky.social

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I write difficult stories. See this - https://amritachowdhury.com and this - https://ammanc.substack.com/.

#SummerOfStories 22 My first drafts are a mix of longhand, digital, bullet points, dialogue snippets, full chapters, links to research, all written out of order. I write till the story tells itself. When it stops telling itself, engineering takes over. #WriteSky #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
L’Attente ou Au Café By Fernand de Launay (French, 1855 - 1904)
Genre boundaries are boring, #5amwritersclub. I want poor and stupid vampires who don't know how to hunt, or Amish people transported to a dystopian fae-land where they fight crime, written in the most #litfic possible way. Pic: Istanbul, 2024 #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writerslife
A desk, the laptop, the numerous Pukka pads, something cold to drink and a great big window through which I can watch the world go by. Hi #5amwritersclub! (Photo: the view from our last apartment is what I miss most about it) #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writing #amwriting #fictionwriting
Half way through the first draft of the current manuscript. As someone who writes in layers, this is the fastest I've written anything & its scaring the shit out of me. Happy sunny morning #5amwritersclub! A bit of green I captured today, for visual relief. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslfie
At times #5amwritersclub, I want the piece to be angsty & gut-wrenching with language to shame elegant prose writers. Other times I want to litter f-words & sarcastic banter & call it gritty-writing. Voice, oh voice, where art thou? Sunday sketch. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity
It'll be another scorcher in England today, #5amwritersclub. I'm re-reading a favourite today, but not as a "reader", to actually study structure and do copy work. Will do some free writing for the #WIP on the way. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife #writesky #litfic
Super excited to be interviewing @lyviawrites.bsky.social on Sunday for the first episode of The Deep List podcast for Oratoria Magazine ahead of her debut release 😍 Follow so you don't miss out on the release date. #writingcommunity #bookpodcast #booksky #podcast #booklovers #readingcommunity
Couldn't find time to be social today. Thought I'd post an excerpt from the new flash piece that was published in LEON. My new WIP is at 30,000 words, 27 days in. Miles to go before I sleep. https://leonliteraryreview.com/issue-36-amrita-chowdhury/ #amwriting #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #litfic #writesky
Morning #5amwritersclub, we're grieving a father who was never able to accept their own daughter's homosexuality. My story Five in a Suitcase is now on Leon Literary Review 👇 https://leonliteraryreview.com/issue-36-amrita-chowdhury/ #amwriting #writingcommunity #shortstories #LiteraryFiction #shortstories #litmag
Write half in longhand, half type, bullet points and notes where words have not been found yet, links to research to be done, three lines of dialogue, none in order. Then wonder why the draft reads like random scatterings of a lost woman. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #5amwritersclub
Last Day of #JuneJottings! Are you working to a deadline? When will you be publishing your WIP? If you're going for trad, when will you start querying? Leave a link to your book or pre-orders or promos along with the answer. #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
Day 29 of #JuneJottings, we're so close to the end! This is a fun one! If your WIP was a meal, what would you be serving? What cuisine, what dish (or dishes!) and why? #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AmWriting
This one is an excerpt from All Our Goddesses when the FMC drives her niece and her dead great grandmother home, that has the word "riot" in it for #SundaySnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #HQpress #BookSky #WritersCommunity #AuthorSky
Happy Sunday #JuneJottings Day 28! What is that dialogue you can't seem to edit out? Or maybe you don't want to edit it? Maybe you've built the whole story around it? Can't get rid of it or change it because it's just that good! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #WritingPrompts
Sunny morning #JuneJottings Day 27! Hope everyone is keeping cool. What's the one lie your protagonist tells themselves? Are they in denial? Do they not have all the facts? Is it part of their coping mechanism? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriterSky
Hello #JuneJottings Day 26! Have you ever renamed a character in the middle of your WIP? Why? Or do you find it difficult to rename once a name is stuck? #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #Writesky #WriterSky
Wanted to share this resource I just stumbled upon, because what?! If you're writing anything inspired by Japanese folklore (I'm in the research phase for a WIP) then check out https://yokai.com by @yokai.com and give them some love! What an absolute nugget of gold 😍 #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
When in trouble, summon all your mothers. The Collective + Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #UnhingedPit #A #H #Speculative #WomensFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #WriteSky
🚩Women 🚩Disobedient 🚩Rich judgmental snobs 🚩Murderers 🚩They're dead 🚩They show up to help their useless descendants get rid of the problematic men in her life. The Husband x Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #unhingedpit #writingcommunity #speculative #womensfiction #amwriting #writing #writesky
Family selfie time!! Say murrrderrr! 📸🔪🥰 Her dead ancestors come back to help her get rid of the men in her life. A Christmas Carol + Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #unhingedpit #amwriting #ownvoices #speculative #A #H #writingcommunity
Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 25! Bit of a marketing question. What age range, gender (if at all), community are you writing for or will be marketing your book for? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersCommunity
Hot hot hot Day 24 for #JuneJottings! Are you avoiding writing a certain part of your WIP? What part and why are you hesitating? Lack of creativity? Mental block? Fear of digging deep for emotions? Laziness? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingPrompt #AuthorsLife #WIP
Happy #JuneJotting Day 23! When you write, which of the 5 senses do you rely most on? Do you write of sounds or smells or touch? Which do you ignore most? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersCommunity #WritingTips
Morning #JuneJottings Day 22! Is there any mention of weather in your current chapter of the current WIP? Is it important to the setting, symbolic of the events or themes, or does it significantly affect actions etc? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritersCommunity #Fiction
Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 21! It's a fun one today! If all of your characters were at a dinner party, who'd start the argument? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritersCommunity #AmWriting #WritinfPrompt #Writing #Characters
I can't believe it's Day 20 of #JuneJottings! Let's talk writing advice. What's one writing advice that you like to ignore? Or what's the best advice that you regret not listening to? One advice that you will always follow? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingTips
Morning #JuneJottings Day 19! Who in the writing community has inspired your writing practice recently? It could be an author you know or whose work you've recently read or book blogger or fellow writer on the same path as you. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingPrompt
Hello #JuneJottings Day 18! One word for how your writing life feels right now. Describe what your practice feels like. but one word only! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #WritersLife #AuthorsLife
Day 17 of #JuneJottings is about the antagonist! Your antagonist gets to defend themselves in one sentence. What do they say? #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WritersLife
Hello #JuneJottings Day 16! Which book(s) do you want your WIP to be shelved next to in the bookstore when it's published? What are your comps? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #WritersLife #AuthorsLife
Hiya #JuneJottings Day 15! Writing practice question today. When do you do your best writing? Crack of dawn, burning the night oil, middle of the afternoon, on the commute? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingPrompt #AuthorsLife
Ladies &gents, due to unforeseen emergency #JuneJottings Day 14 has been severely delayed. But better late than never! Who is you least favourite side character in your WIP? And why? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #CharacterArcs #FictionWriting
Good morning #JuneJottings Day 13! What was the weirdest research you've had to do for you story? Rabbit holes your research sent you down to? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritersLife #WritingPrompt #AmWriting
Sketchbook kinda day. Windy, not rare, I do love. Coffee, congee and muscle injury. Which means I will be spending this weekend writing the weird family saga #WIP about merciless matriarchs, and that's all I'm doing. Joy! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #booksky #authorslife
Morning #JuneJottings Day 12! Post a meme or GIF about your WIP without context! Remember, not a meme of your character(s). Of the WIP only. Think world, setting, events, genre, vibes! #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersLife #PromptGames
I'm carrying this image on my phone, so the next time someone asks me what my book is about I'll just show them this. Let them make of it what they want, really... #writingcommunity #writesky #fictionwriting #amwriting #amquerying #upmarket #agentsguide
If you're about to launch a novel via a small press or indie publisher, you NEED to add yourself to The Deep List, Oratoria's new podcast and interview series! Form - https://forms.gle/TVcU2uHnwoCPR89G8 #indiepress #indieauthor #smallpress #amwriting #selfpublish #writingcommunity #fiction #indiewriter
Day 11 of #JuneJottings! What does your MC hate about their world? The politics? The social structure? Just their life in general? Have you built a world that is perfect or uncomfortable or unliveable? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #AmWriting #FictionWriting #WritingPrompt
Day 10 of #JuneJottings! Why made you want to write your novel? Why this story and why now? Get deep if you want. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AuthorsLife #WritersLife
Oratoria lit mag is looking for small press or indie published authors, for their new podcast & interview series - The Deep List. Building the list and you can add your name - https://forms.gle/hj9YkCJpqhpDxTyD8 #writingcommunity #indiepress #smallpress #bookpodcast #indieauthors #indiepublishers #booksky
Welcome to #JuneJottings day 9! Does your #WIP have a song you've assigned to it? Or theme music that captures the vibe of your story or world? Does your character have one? What artist, what genre? #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WritersLife #PromptGames #AuthorsLife
Hello #JuneJottings Day 8! We have a craft question today. When does your "inciting incident" appear in your current #WIP? First sentence, end of first chapter, at the 10% mark? Do you follow a rule of thumb? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersLife
Hola #JuneJottings Day 7! If your MC was in therapy, what would it be for? Mummy issues, daddy issues, heartbreak, sociopathic tendencies, dark thoughts, denial? Go for it. #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WIP #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #WritersLife #MainCharacters
Morning #JuneJottings Day 6! If you have character art, sketches, of inspiration photos, then share them today. What do your characters look like? Who do they resemble? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #BookSky
Morning #JuneJottings Day 6! If you have character art, sketches, of inspiration photos, then share them today. What do you characters look like? Who do they resemble? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #BookSky
The moment where my FMC comes face to face with her dead ancestor #WIPSnips #novelexcerpt #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky #allourgoddesses
Hello #JuneJottings Day 5! If you have an antagonist or a grey shades character in your #WIP what animal would be there spirit animal? Memes, images and GIFs are welcome! #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #BookSky
Morning #JuneJottings Day 4! Post a meme or GIF that escribes your MC perfectly! No explanations required. #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt #WIP #WriteSky #BookSky
Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 3 When you procrastinate from writing, what do you do instead? What distracts you easily from the WIP? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt #WIP #WriteSky #BookSky
Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 2 Pick your favourite character form your current WIP and tell us why they're your favourite. Any character! Doesn't have to be your MCs. #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting #AuthorsLife #WritingPrompt
Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 1 Post your favourite excerpt from any of your WIPs. If you have more than one WIP, then feel free to share an excerpt from each! I'll be posting stats and most likes for each day 🏆 #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #FictionWriting
An ode to unhinged people who make spectacular messes with their far from good decisions. #amwriting #writingcommunity #agentsguide #amquerying #unhingedcharacters #bookclub #booktok #5amwritersclub #authorslife #writerslife agent's guide for Half Written, a novel by Amrita C. Heart the Lover x Talking at Night x Past Lives
#JuneJottings will have some of my favourite (and I think some of the fun-est questions) about your writing #WIP. Get ready! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #AuthrosLife