Ranjana Iyer

Category: Writing skills

  • NaNoWriMo 2020

    I’m participating in NaNoWriMo 2020! If you don’t know what this is, take a look. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It’s when people from across the globe … Read more

  • Weekly Writing Review [July 4th, 2020]

    I thought I’d do a weekly post mortem so that I have a sense of what I’ve accomplished with respect to my weekly writing goals and what’s on the cards … Read more

  • 5 grammar rules

    I looked up 5 grammar rules today that had been fuzzy in my head. Here’s what I learnt:

    Question: Is it Tim Ferriss’ podcast or Tim Ferriss’s podcast.
    Answer: Both … Read more

  • The Pact

    If you’ve read my recent blog posts, you’ll know that I’ve been doing a 7-day ‘follow the joy’ exploration. As I went with the flow day after day, I found … Read more

  • My relationship with my blog

    I was telling my friend the other day how, of late, I wasn’t feeling in the flow while writing blog posts. April had been magical. I was able to connect … Read more

  • Dia of Dacior – Part 2

    Dacior was abuzz with excitement. Dacior was hosting the Septimus games after 70 years. The Septimus games were the most prestigious and competitive games held every 10 years between the … Read more

  • Two generations apart

    It was my grandma and granpa’s birthday in April and May respectively. Because of Covid, I wasn’t able to order a cake on their birthdays. On May 19th, … Read more

  • April review and May challenge

    May is upon us! I’m excited. April was great despite the coronavirus lockdown. I thought I’d reflect on how April went and share what I have in mind for May.… Read more

  • Becoming a Writer – by Dorothea Brande

    In my quest to become a better writer, I’ve decided to read one book a … Read more

  • Creative Inspiration

    I used to think that I had to wait for the creative inspiration to write something. I wanted to be one of those who had a brilliant flash of insight … Read more

  • How to use journaling

    Recently, the creative writing club that I’m a part of worked through the exercises given in the first chapter of Susan Tiberghien’s One Year to a Writing Life. It … Read more