Today we had Mukul Deva, a story writer come in today to talk about his own experience as well as about his process in writing books. I think that before I came into this session I viewed writing as something unachievable, something that would be almost impossible for me to make good. But now I definitely think that it is more achievable, just by like following the steps he had explained researching, validating and writing. It makes the story really come to life and easier to write once you understand and do the planning in this order. Mukul talked quite a lot about his past life, he had dropped out of his education at age 16, then moving on to work in the military for 16 and a half years. He had seen a lot of combat in his days, over 10 years of combat experience. This made him understand some fundamental issues in life, like how a gun can’t solve any issues in life. His many years of working in the military also gave him quite a unique skill set. Using his skill as a leader, he had set up several companies. But he had also told many stories using his clear knowledge about weapons and combat. Overall, I think that he was an excellent speaker and has really let me get a better understanding of what it means to be a storyteller.
When you said “I think that before I came into this session I viewed writing as something unachievable, something that would be almost impossible for me to make good. But now I definitely think that it is more achievable, just by like following the steps he had explained researching, validating and writing.” Reminds me of my own thinking when I wrote “I didn’t have very high expectations as I presumed the session would be a rather straightforward and extensive talk about how to write a novel and the process to do so. To my surprise, the talk was very simplistic (in a good way) yet informative”. This made me think about how effective and meaningful this talk was. It seems that to both of us, the talk was extremely informative and encouraged us both to write more. This proves and confirms that Makul Deva was an excellent speaker.
Yeah, I really I think that Makul Deva sends his idea’s across very well, especially with how much he engaged with the audience and also explaining his own reasonings for doing things made everything very clear for us the audience. Most of the speakers weren’t like him, with the kind of confidence to talk. Ms. Werner talked about how a big group of teenagers is actually quite scary to talk to. Mukul Deva was probably also one of the funniest down to earth speakers, like talking about how money was important etc.