The young writers of the city enhanced their creative writing skills in a daylong creative writing workshop. The workshop was organised by Swami Vivekananda library in Bhopal on Thursday.
Organised jointly by Swami Vivekanand library and Inklette Magazine, the creative writing workshop was all about writing in poetry. The workshop was conducted by a young writer Devandhi Khetrapal. During the workshop, 20 young writing aspirants till 16 years of age participated eagerly.
The workshop that began from 12 pm and continued till 4 pm focuses on reading and writing poetry and was designed for anyone with or without prior experience in reading or writing poems.
Devanshi Khetarpal is a young writer and her works have been published in Indian literature (a publication of Sahitya Akademi), Vayavya, Souvenir and Drunk in a Midnight Choir. She is the editor-in-chief of Inklette Magazine, a Poetry Reader for Blueshift Journal and a Co-Managing Editor for Sprout Magazine. Besides, her poems have been recognised by Hollins University and Columbia College Chicago.
While interacting with the participants, she told them about the basics of creative writing one of which was broad imagery and thinking. She said that the use of vocabulary should also be creative so that the reader should enjoy reading the poem.