Alphabet Sambar

Home to wayward words & unborn stories. Ping @ideasmithy for details.

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English Open Mic on Clubhouse at 7PM IST tonight! See you there.

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[Tina Gurnaney @TinaGurnaney]

5/n: What do we do when even our doctors break down and cry for help? Can your govt-hailing tweets and hashtags alter reality? The reality is that we're running out of people in our families to cremate one another. We'll never get the closure for the deaths we've witnessed so far

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Happy birthday to us. 🎉🎈🎂🥳

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We all know that feeling, when we can't squeeze words out of our fingertips, when the ink dries up & the screen has been blank for days. What stands between you and writing? Let's talk this Sunday, 9Aug, 3PM IST. Mail AlphabetSambar [at]Gmail for an invite.

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Our flagship event, the feedback session is back in its new avatar 'FIRST DRAFT' this Sunday. If you are looking for discussion & critique on your writing, come join us! Mail AlphabetSambar[at]Gmail[dot]com to register.

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My Labs?? Lit.
@ideasmithy @CigLox @hackiechan @LizzyDarcy

[MissAnthrope @Abhipsa_Gaur]

My roads?? Famished.

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This in the context of The Hero's Journey, which is also the theme of the week. #TaleTrajectory

[Jessica Dore @thejessicadore]

Today's card. The "hero" in the mind is deeply disturbed by confusion but from an alchemical standpoint confusion is considered a very common starting point because it's the land of potentials. Confusion, if you can be there, illuminates pathways you'd never otherwise know about.

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#LitLab: Trajectory of a Tale. We'll looking at the monomyth to see if it really applies and if not, where it diverges. Care to join us? Write to us for an invite. It'll be over Google Meet at 3PM IST this Sunday.

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This Sunday we're discussing the role of spaces in stories. If you'd like to attend, mail us with the title'#LitLab: Land Lore' for an invite. Also let us know if you'd like to bring in a piece of your writing to this theme to share. Hosted by @LizzyDarcy & @8jyotsna.

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PHILLUM PERSONA- We are dissecting Bollywood character tropes this Sunday, 3PM IST.

#LitLab is a series of discussions over Google Hangouts, exploring an aspect of writing (genre, format, device) via community members writing, exercises & conversation.

Write to us for details.

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#LitLab: PHILLUM PERSONA

Phillum Persona takes a look at character tropes (commonly recurring patterns) in Bollywood movies. Interpret this theme as you will.

LitLab is a series of Alphabet Sambar events over… https://t.co/4MIj6vvF1F

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DIGITAL DIL!

We've found identity, tribe and life lessons via keyboards, keypads & toggles. Tomorrow we explore the digital epistolary format of shaping narratives using only blogs, social content, emails & other e-comms.

3PM IST on Google Hangouts.

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Mail us if you'd like to participate in this discussion on horror writing.

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HORROR HIJINX!

After the resounding success of our last genre-themed event, #FoodStories, we are exploring the dark corners of our minds.

As with our last event, this one too will be a discussion about what horror… https://t.co/n7ZH4fcc9z

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FOOD STORIES!

This Sunday, we are having a discussion about food that inspires us enough to write. We will each bring in a piece of original writing on food, share and talk about our experience of food, writing and… https://t.co/KpEXjOZl6u

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Alphabet Sambar wishes for all its members the gift of hope and resilience. We're especially thinking of you - @AbbasMomin @LizzyDarcy @thatdoggonelady @hackiechan @juvenile_jack @febwin @kavanchheda. Happy birthday, writers!

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BIRTHDAYS UNDER LOCKDOWN

This month many of our members celebrated birthdays and other milestones under lockdown. Writing and storytelling are supremely social acts, needing the creator to feel safe, steady and… https://t.co/guZXiK9cfd

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Here's @LizzyDarcy and @ideasmithy discussing the merits of Mysore Pak as a birthday cake substitute.

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Here's @LizzyDarcy & @ideasmithy discussing the merits of Mysore Pak as a birthday cake substitute.

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This month many of our members celebrated birthdays + other milestones under lockdown. Writing & storytelling are social acts, needing creators to feel safe, steady and cared for.

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We had a Google Hangout today to celebrate our March-April born members. The talk turned to things that has been comforting many of us - food and books. Amid Mysore pak, savoury jellies, spice mistresses and jhalmuri, we found reasons to laugh and inspiration for more stories.