#read classics

my only way of some peace of mind in my 30s is to wait till I get actually sick so I have an excuse not to go to work or to think of work and can actually dedicate myself to the only thing that used to help me dissociate from life in my teenage years: read classics in bed.

Small pleasures ...good coffee, good poetry.

Before I start explaining how I write stories, I will tell you something about inspiration. As soon as you sit in front of a blank page, you will notice that you need to be inspired by something in order to create something new.

I’m not the only one who will tell you that.

It is also mentioned in the first chapter of the book in which I’m going to read one chapter a day. I strongly recommend it to you: “Your Creative Writing Masterclass: Advice from the best on writing successful novels, screenplays and short stories” by Jurgen Wolf.

It is always a good idea to either read classic books or watch classic films. They don’t necessarily need to be good, but they will definitely help you to figure out how others built up their stories.

I personally get inspiration by everything. So I already wrote a whole chapter about a single song, in one specific case it was “Pompeii” from Bastille. The characters in my story (with the current German title “Wolfsblut”) literally experience the eruption of the vulcano Vesusius.

But this is just one example. Even a conversation with a stranger in the train can be very inspiring.

Will This Little Girl Ever Find Love?

Twentysomething Fiza Pathan wants to help children choose the right classic books to read to help them grow and mend the world.

The cover of Fiza Pathan’s new Kindle book

The girl in this picture could have been Fiza Pathan, now a 25-year-old teacher and writer from Mumbai. Instead, today she is publishing her fictional novel Nirmalaon Kindle and also celebrating the first anniversary of…