Chat Sharmin Ali believes that 90 days is all it takes to write a book

She wrote her first book in less than a week and now wants to help other budding novelists do the same. Meet debut novelist, entrepreneur, public speaker, blogger, theatre artist and motivational speaker, Sharmin Ali whose debut novel Y.O.U(You Own Yourself), reflects the author’s determination to bring about a positive change in the lives her readers.

Yet this has not come easily to this multi-faceted, self-possessed young woman who believes in doing things differently, “I had a stammering problem as a child,” she admits adding that the first person whose life she transformed was herself.

An engineer by profession, Sharmin worked in the corporate field for several years before quitting to do theatre.

She went on to co-found a production house, Plain Ice Productions and then decided to write, “I’ve always wanted to write but didn’t know how to put my ideas across. So I started reading a lot of best-sellers and understanding why they worked. After reading 10 of them, I realized I could predict how the eleventh would work. That made it easier for me to write my own and I went ahead and wrote my first non-fiction book is less than a week,” she says.

Her experience with writing her own book made her realize that there was a need to share it with other budding writers, “There are so many out there and I wanted to create something that would make it easier for them,” she says.

This has lead to the creation of her latest product Your-First-Book.com, a formula on how to become a published author in less than 90 days. The CD of the program was launched at the Oxford Bookstore earlier this month.

The product hand holds a budding writer through the journey of writing and includes tips on how to start, how to position yourself, what to write about and how to get published,

“I’ve used the seven principles of Brain Science while creating this product. This will help you create your Magnum opus,” she says adding, “At the end of the day it is attitude not aptitude that matters. You need to just get up and start doing things.”

PREETI ZACHARIAH

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Metro Plus / by Preeti Zachariah / February 21st, 2014