Moments...

This post here is going to be a step by step process of me trying to come up with a story. This is an exercise which is part of our creative story writing workshop. So there are going to be many drafts before I reach the final version. Hopefully soon! So here goes the evolution steps. The edits here are based on the feedback received. Please do feel free to leave your invaluable comments that will help me enhance the piece further. Third Step: Feedback: "Fruitful" Day From the familiar and frequented MG Road, I was led into the by lanes to a market place – called Shivaji Market. As it was named after ‘Shivaji’, I visualized a fortress housing the market. Something similar to the Meena Bazaar inside the Red Fort, Delhi. I was pleasantly surprised to find a magnificent gothic era building, instead, tucked neatly in the inner lanes. Inside it housed various stalls that sold everything from fruits to vegetables, fish, mutton, beef and more and even grocery. Massive grilled gates...

I am too like most of my counterparts a Lone writer….and often nicknamed as One Woman Army. My day begins by calling up the Subject Matter Experts - Developers, Technical Architects, Project Managers…to request them to provide content or review. It’s pretty frustrating to hear the negative responses and await the Technical Review round from all these SMEs . Nevertheless, I still enjoy my work. It’s like gardening work. Gardening and Technical Writing, you wondering what’s the similarity…Well here’s how… Like the Gardener, the Technical Writer is provided with a seed ≈ the topic / purpose of creating the document along with the reference materials ≈ the mud, water, and the location. Begins the gardening activity - Prepare the Ground ≈ pick up the shovel and start digging for content from various locations and people. Depending on the plant ≈ the requirements, the depth where the seed needs to be sown ≈ content is defined. Cover the seed with mud, pour water, and wait for the plant...