EP445: Amita Parikh — “Don’t Be a Victim.”

Amita Parikh’s debut novel The Circus Train took six years to write and has been earning praise worldwide, but it might never had happened if she hadn’t found herself lost in London, asking for directions. Amita tells us how she bounced back from rejection, why sport is the best way to train for writing, and how she created a writing habit.

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss why taking six years to write a novel is not a bad thing, believing in your characters, why any form of education adds value to your writing, how sport is like writing, why it’s important to not be a victim and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

Creating mood boards for characters
What she learned from working in the theatre
And why writers should not be victims…

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