Being dynamic, articulate and successful is only possible with the strong
support of your parents who notice that passionate vulnerability within their
child. The nurturing and nourishing phase takes your child leaps and bounds, and way ahead of his peers. Wonder Boy author, TEDx and Josh speaker Yash Tiwari
has made India proud with his magical, stupendous success at such a young age.
Brief introduction of the author:
22-year-old Yash Tiwari has delivered 4 TED Talks and A
Josh Talk, is an International Youth Mentor, a public speaker, an award-winning
author of two books.
With
his critically acclaimed debut novel "A
celebration in tribulation" written, at the age of 16, he recently has
also authored “Pandemic 2020 - Rife of
the Virus” world's first novel on the ongoing corona virus outbreak. He has
been awarded among the "top 100 inspiring authors of India by the Indian Awaz",
awarded with "Author of the year" award by Ne8x.
THE INTERVIEW:
How long did it take to
get your first novel / book published?
As reported, I completed the writing process of my debut novel
two years back, titled "A Celebration In Tribulation" within a record
time of just 22 days. I had written that one when I was just 16 years old. And
my second and latest novel, PANDEMIC 2020, I completed writing in less than a
month as well!
This one, I've authored at the age of 18 right now. However,
it wasn't a predefined time period I had in my mind as I embarked on the
journey of writing both of these novels. It was simply the result of putting in
a great amount of effort in the process of writing, and maintaining a
consistently throughout the process.
What mistakes did you make with the publishing of your first
book which you try not to repeat?
I wouldn't call them mistakes, per say. It was more about the
fact that I wasn't aware of a lot many modalities of getting a book out in the
market with my first one, two years back. Part of it was because I was just 16
years old.
The other part of it was because A Celebration In Tribulation, my debut novel, was in fact my first
ever major literary project. But eventually, that was the one project after
which I was invited to deliver 4 TED talks and a Josh Talk, along with multiple
awards and international critical acclaim. So it's safe to say that the right
actions and choices are major in number over here, and the wrong ones are
minimal.
Can you focus on working
on two books or stories at the same time?
Absolutely, yes! Here's a clear example of that, from
PANDEMIC 2020 itself - my latest novel and World's First Novel on Corona Virus
Outbreak. We have four distinct yet interconnected tales narrated through my
novel, Pandemic 2020.
Huiqing - an impoverished boy in China, Alanna - a helpless
doctor in the U.S., Terrell - a stranded traveller in Italy, and Yash - a
blooming journalist in India - Pandemic 2020 - Rife of the Virus, provides a
harrowing look at how the pandemic turned the lives of everyone around the
world upside down. The globally-interconnecting tales are based on actual
incidents, mishaps, stories, from all around the world, intriguingly blending
majorly affected regions around the world through characters facing the
severity of one common pandemic, the Corona Virus outbreak.
Here, I was essentially working on 4 completely different
characters, from 4 entirely different background and stories. I love doing
that. I think that also maintains a freshness in my own mind about whatever
project I'm working on.
Is there a modus
operandi you follow and formulate before you actually start writing your next
book?
So my modus operandi is something that I guide and teach
hundreds upon thousands of budding and aspiring writers every month as well
when I deliver workshops and seminars on Creative Writing and Story Building.
It is the art of Conceptualization that I consider as the
most important first step for beginning with a story, whether it is going to be
5-6 pages long or of a full-fledged novel. In-depth and proper
conceptualization is something that a lot many aspiring writers miss out on.
Without having a proper concept in my mind about the outline
of the story - be it about how the characters will develop, or how the plot
will progress - I never begin working on the writing process in the first
place. I only start writing the story
once I have a strong, dependable, intriguing and understandable detailed concept
outline in my hand on what I'll be writing about.
