I need to tell the things that are important but which don't make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would destroy symmetry or narrative pace. This is my personal belief about what it means to write nonfiction.
I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships. We all become afraid. We all look at… - Akhil Sharma
I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships. We all become afraid. We all look at…
- Akhil Sharma
People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in ter… - Akhil Sharma
People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in ter…
It is hard to create a first-person narrator that can be a child and yet is able to take in enough information for the narrative to be legible to the… - Akhil Sharma
It is hard to create a first-person narrator that can be a child and yet is able to take in enough information for the narrative to be legible to the…
Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and … - Akhil Sharma
Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and …
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true. - Akhil Sharma
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer, I realized that he was writing about go… - Akhil Sharma
Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer, I realized that he was writing about go…
When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: Why d… - Akhil Sharma
When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: Why d…
To me exposition always contains tenderness. While a dramatized scene is a way of proving and guaranteeing an emotional experience for the reader, ex… - Akhil Sharma
To me exposition always contains tenderness. While a dramatized scene is a way of proving and guaranteeing an emotional experience for the reader, ex…
As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions. I can guide them to books that will serv… - Akhil Sharma
As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions. I can guide them to books that will serv…
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