How to Tell a Story through a Diary

Playing with form is always fun! There are so many ways to tell a story–as a graphic novel (which was the topic of our previous workshop), in verse (like Uncontrollable), or as a set of letters, either in a diary or to a friend. I love epistolary novels, but writing a story in the form of letters is something I haven’t really dealt with at my writing programmes.

That’s why I decided to invite Sowmya Rajendran, author of the Mayil series to do a creative writing workshop with us on telling stories through a diary. How do we use diary entries to tell a story? There is a method to the randomness!

Sowmya Rajendran has more than 25 books to her credit. She has worked with publishers such as Tulika, Pratham, Penguin, Harpercollins, Scholastic and Rupa Publications. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2015 for her novel Mayil Will Not Be Quiet. Her nonfiction book on gender Big Hero Size Zero: Gender Talk was chosen as an Honour Book at The Hindu Young World Goodbooks Awards in 2016. 

Details

Fee: ₹400 per head
Ages: 9-14 
Date: 5 December 2023
Time: 5-6pm IST

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