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  Krishna Udayasankar, the author of books like The Aryavarta Chronicles, 3, Immortal, Objects of Affection and Beast joined hands with Jai Krishnamurthy, an ex-finance professional for a book "Farside." Jai Krishnamurthy is a CA and MBA graduate from Ricard Ivey School of Business in Canada. Previously, he was associate director for oil and gas with Ernst & Young. The author couple shared their view on their recent outing "Farside" with "The Hans India". Let's have a look into it. "The co-author of this book, Jaishankar, is my partner. He had been talking about writing a crime fiction for several years. When he narrated the plot for the book, I was quite hooked. Besides being a crime thriller, this novel also delve into the dark side of individuals and how no one is who they seem to be," says Krishna. Jai Krishna says that dream of writing a book is travelling with him from four decades. He said, "I have dreamed being an author ...

  New Delhi: Bengaluru headquartered Script a Hit, is a platform that helps people with ideas, but not the proficiencies, time, or resources to turn their thoughts into a novel, to get published, or create scripts for audio-visual content production. The idea is to break down the barriers to publication and screenwriting.   The platform is the brainchild of Jaishankar Krishnamurthy, who had aspired to write a novel for over four decades, but due to the lack of time and skills, but it materialized into books. He realized that there must be millions of people in India who may have great ideas but don't have the necessary means to turn their notions into novels. To help such people fulfill their dreams of being a published author, Krishnamurthy along with his wife Krishna Udayasankar, Co-Founder of the company, along with a few friends began 'Script A Hit', a website where anyone's dreams of becoming a published author can come true.  Excerpt: How is ' Script a Hit ...

 The burgeoning demand for web series on OTT platforms has changed the way screenwriting and writers are part of the process. In the last six years, the business of screenwriting has changed phenomenally, driven largely by a change in how we consume our visual media. We no longer watch things, we “binge” watch them, pouring ourselves into these long commitments, dare I say relationships almost, with stories and characters on our device screens. This burgeoning demand for web series on OTT platforms has changed the way screenwriting and writers are part of the process. As a result, more writers of fiction have the opportunity to engage with the fascinating world of visual content, either when their books are optioned for development for the screen or when they are pulled into  Professional writers   rooms to work on ideas from scratch. But what does it take to make it in this exciting and quickly changing world of screenwriting? Here are five things that I’ve lea...