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Sanskriti & Pritha Wins Keekli’s Fiction Treasure Trove — 2022 April’s Competition

Shimla, May 8 : Sanskriti Rao, a class 10 student of Sharada Mandir School, Goa; and Pritha Doegar of class 8, a student of Auckland House School, Shimla bagged the cash prize by penning down amazing stories during Keekli’s Fiction Treasure Trove — 2022 April’s  Story Writing Competition.

The monthly competition is being organized by Keekli Charitable Trust in Association with Himachal Tonite, Nanak Chand Roshni Sood Charitable Trust, Department of Information and Public Relation, Himachal Pradesh and Big Fm.

The stories were judged by Prantik Bose, Gunjan Batra and Tanaya G Dastida who shared their valuable insight into the stories by saying –

“It was a wonderful experience. At their age, I must admit that I was no match to their brilliance, elan, and poise. I really enjoyed it. Devina Bedi kept me glued to the events. The way she unraveled the mystery was a class in itself. A jury who felt humbled by the brilliance of the little masters”, says Prantik Bose.

On the other hand, Gunjan Batra expressed, “The range of emotions, characters, plots, subplots, and narratives, reflecting the fertile imagination of the young authors is a delight. Can’t wait to read some more.! I was floored by some of them.”

While expressing her joy Tanaya G Dastidar shares, “Every person under the sun has the ability to imagine and put forward her/his thoughts; some use speech to express, while others pen down their vivid imagination. Here on this platform too, we can witness some excellent pieces of creativity and writing. Having said this, I am glad to be a part of this event, or rather a competition, wherein I get to go through a wide range of imagination. The kids are brilliant with their thoughts and ideas, along with the line of imagination brought forward to the readers. Although some pieces are very good and good, I can’t deny the fact that each story is different and the idea behind each story is so unique in itself. A blend of good vocabulary, great articulation of ideas and creativity, and smart expressions make each story readable and take you to imagine the plot, which is a great ability of each writer. We hope to get more such creative pieces to cherish our reading habits.”

Prantik Bose shared a few valuable tips too for the budding writers :

1) The ability to write in simple and lucid English gets one a far greater audience. I would request you to read any article by Khushwant Singh or Kuldip Nayyar to get a first-hand experience of how simple yet powerful they were. Avoid complex and compound sentences as much as you can.

2) Try to read newspapers where you get a multitude of writers, their views, opinions, and writing styles, all available within the span of a few pages.

3) Try to read the regional best-sellers like Satyajit Ray of Bengal or get hold of a translated copy of the regional best sellers. Satyajit Ray was a student of Tagore. You all must read the regional best sellers as much as you can.

4) I would suggest that all budding writers read the entire Perry Mason series by Erle Stanley Gardner which will let you have a glimpse of how to hold back the reader till the last word. Gerald Durrell and Conan Doyle are other renowned authors who you must read.

5) Try to avoid long discourses as it is difficult to hold the attention throughout the time span required to complete a long story unless it pertains to travel, adventure or detective stories, or courtroom battles.

6) I would request all of you to read, re-read and revise what you have written again and again. You will yourself feel the need to change what you have written earlier.

7) Everybody has a unique biological rhythm or cycle. I have always felt the early mornings to be the best. Choose your best part of the day to write.

8) Kindly keep a track of the sequence of tenses. If you start with a particular tense then it is a convention that you complete the story by not deviating from that tense. This also gives the readers a sense of relief of not having to tackle many tense patterns inadvertently.

9) Characters or sets of characters must flow very smoothly with the plot of the story. It is better to avoid a multitude of characters.

10) The backdrop of a story (big or small) is very important. It is like a railway track. No matter how fast or slow you run, the backdrop must be powerful and constant. You must enjoy the backdrop yourself too. And create suspense at the very start and keep weaving the cocoon around that suspense till the last word.

The cash awards are sponsored by Nanak Chand Roshni Sood Charitable Trust.

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