Category: Just Saying

I am a fairly opinionated person, but people request me to not be honest. I still need a place to voice my opinions, don’t I? These posts are primarily for venting out the frustration. Occasionally, I may share joyous and pleasant news, too.

A Retrospective: The week that was – 19w48

This week was so hectic. I wrote a lot, including the novel draft for NaNoWriMo project, currently at 49,711 words. I stretched my target on blogging front, I have never posted as much. I wrote 32 posts. Most of them were drama episode reviews. I am watching a lot of dramas these days. Alif Ehd…

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NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 26

Nothing at all. I did not even open the document today. Current Word Count: 46,782 Shabana Mukhtar

NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 25

The target is in sight. A few more days… The story is far from complete, though. I need to work more on the main character’s conflict and detail out the supporting characters. Current Word Count: 46,782 Shabana Mukhtar

NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 24

Sunday is a fruitful day. Well, credit should be given to the much awaited last weekend of NaNoWriMo. Current Word Count: 41,187 Shabana Mukhtar

NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 23

I spent most of my time blogging and hardly got any time to write. Current Word Count: 35,355 Shabana Mukhtar

Getting Indian Passport Is Easy

Getting Indian passport is easy. And, quick. And, unlike everything that I had imagined. I visited the passport office on a Friday afternoon. After a week, on a Saturday morning, the courier walah delivered the passport. A week is all takes to get a passport. I did not even apply for a tatkal or out…

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A Retrospective: The week that was – 19w47

It was a lazy week compared to last one. No, you got it wrong. The workload is still the same. I took Wednesday off to clear my head. I had some room to breathe normally, without being overwhelmed, ALMOST. I write only approximately 5000 words this week for my NaNoWriMo project. It sounds like a…

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NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 21

I am determined to reach the target. Today, I have worked exclusively for adding more to the draft, redrawn the timeline and hashed out more about each character. That’s not all. Every single break was utilized for writing more for my NaNoWriMo project, even though I was tempted to watch YouTube videos. Current Word Count:…

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