Krishna Shastri Devulapalli does to writing what Rishi Piparaiya does to flying, with an equally unpronounceable surname!
And the humour in this one is as good.
But I guess the joke's on me. Because - yes, I admit it - I took the title on its face value.
Literally literally, if you like. And came a cropper.
The crossed out 'financial' replaced with 'artistic' should have given the clue. But I did not take it.
The book has nothing to do with how to be a good writer.
The first half is about Devulapalli's encounters with colourful characters from his life.
And the second half takes a dig on just about all aspects of a writerly life - including the 'gas generated at lit fests', and his pet peeve: books on the theme of 'loss and redemption'.
There are several laugh-out-loud (LOL, silly!) moments.
I definitely won't be a 'literary sensation', but at least I had a good laugh.
So go for it if you have had enough of loss and redemption. (Whatever the hell that is, by the way... I mean BTW).
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