"Sir, I don't think I have it in me," said Ankita, in a depressed voice.
over the screen of my laptop.
"Come on, Ankita! You can't give up like that!"
(As if this was going to motivate her.)
I paused for a second and continued. "Hey, what if that mask you're wearing had a story? Did it ever face a problem?"
She went quiet. Then, slowly, the words began.
That was Ankita's first story. She was twelve, from Bihar, and she had never believed she could write. This book will do the same for you.
Not just stories but Indian stories, folk stories, foreign stories, stories hidden inside films, inside newspapers, inside the people sitting next to you on the metro. Stories you didn't know you already had. So if you love reading stories, want to write them, or have quietly wondered whether you could—
This book is...
To The Writer In You."
