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Romance by Pakistani

Jeea — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:25 +0000

ASA (ya, me again)
I've been writing for sometime, and every time, some or other part of my story needs some kind of a romantic scene. We're all Pakis here, I want opinions. Is it bad to write romance for a Pakistani unmarried lady? I'm 25, I've done my Masters, and I've been writing since I was in class eight. Every single time I write, I have to include emotions, and every time my mom reads it, she calls its nonsensical "chipka chipku" writing (not looking at the rest of the contents), and taunts me with it the rest of my lyf. Yeah, I kno, a bit narrow minded, but hers is the only mature opinion I have right now, and even my fiance said it sounds weird that an unmarried girl would write romance.
Guide me guys. It seems that without romance, my pen stops writing, and besides, if I'm writing about married people, won't no romance then look weird for them? =D
Talk to me guys, I need opinions.
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Wajeeha Iftikhar
Technical Writer
Wavetec Ltd
Karachi, Pakistan

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Using pen n paper

Jeea — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:27:26 +0000

ASA everyone Pakistani, and others.
I was just thinking of the old days when we used to scribble on paper and dry the ink out of our pens, be they ball point pens or ink pens. I used to love to write. My notebooks are just full of my crazy slanted cursive handwriting. I also remember having a very hard time typing out my novel after writing it on my full scape sheets. I used to have a box full of ball point pens with me and full scape sheets, and I used to go on scribbling and scribbling. Those were the days. When I could write whenever I wanted, wherever I wanted. =)
Now I have to wait and wait till I first get home from office, then house work and dinner prep, and then the electricity problem. Those of you without generators must understand what I'm talking about. Argh! I can't afford a laptop, and though we have a generator now, but we don't use it all the time.
SO!
I was planning to go back to the traditional ways again. I even got myself an ink pen with refills.
Let's see what the future holds. =)
Good luck in wriming!
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Wajeeha Iftikhar
Technical Writer
Wavetec Ltd
Karachi, Pakistan

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Welcome

wild_one — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:27:26 +0000

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another month of crazy writing!
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How is everyone doing??

surrendertoit — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:30:56 +0000

Just checking.
I might have to lock myself away to catch up.

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Music while you write.

CoCo786 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:38 +0000

Heyyy! :D
I was just wondering...
Do you listen to music while you write?
If yes, which one?
English, Urdu...what? :D

And what type of story are you writing? :)

Im writing romance, and i usually listen to
(i) I Hate This Part Right Here - for heartbreaking scenes.
(ii) Sugar - for fun, happy scenes.
(iii) I Know You Want Me - for flirty, hollywood movie type scenes. :D
(iv) Beautiful (Akon) - for happy, lovey-dovey scenes. ;)
(v) So What - for after heartbreak scenes.

There are many more, but i cant remember em right now. :D Hehehe.

So...what do you listen to? And for what type of story? :) Id really like to know! :D
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Greetings from America!

Farzana47630 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:48:13 +0000

I have been following your posts occasionally. I live in Indiana. I was really hoping there would be lots of people participating in NaNo. This is my first experience with it. I hope that all of you remain safe! I visited Pakistan last December/January.

My novel effort centers around the experiences of an American woman who marries a Pakistani student at a US university during the 1970's. (I have some experience in that situation, LOL )

I have a question or rather a request: if anyone knows of some engineering type of people who have worked on the Karakorum Highway in the 1970-1980's? I am interested in their experiences. If anyone knows of anyone or publications that may be available I would very much appreciate the information/contact/ etc.

I am pretty certain that my novel will be unfinished in the 30 days even though the word count will be achieved. I want to continue with it and develop it to its potential, Inshallah!

For those of you that have lamented your word count: don't give up your writing, give up the inner censor that tries to control your words. As for myself, I do just that. I have no real plot in mind but only the willingness to see where my fingers and the keyboard take me.

All the very best wishes to you all!
Janice/Farzana
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excerpt comments.

chako_back — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:41:25 +0000

hello guys,

I know it takes lot of courage to put up our novels online infront of hundreds of people fearing that someone might plagarize our work. (haha just kidding)

But that the heck! we love writing and thats what we are doing at nano. and we all also love reading especially if its from our own pakistani people.

supita, when are you going to upload the next excerpt. I was really caught up in it towards the end. Your character Hamda, reminds me of one of my chilhood friends!

keep wriming,
chako
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Greetings!

surrendertoit — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:42:10 +0000

I extend my encouragement to all of you.
I have planned to write at least 2000 a day; I am about 800 behind. 
The story is morphing as I write it.
Best to you

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seeking bibliophile who knows modern urdu classic literature

SaritaBonana — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37:10 +0000

Hi everyone

I’m looking for an old short-story written around the time of the Partition. I can’t remember the title, and I can’t remember the author. All I remember is the genre was horror.

Does anyone out there know of a horror novelist from the 1940’s who wrote in URDU?

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