Unlike her initial days when she used to get swayed by what people said, she is now a more mature person. The characters automatically and organically slip into their roles,” she says while talking about her writing process. I know them and can see them, but they don’t hold any resemblance to people I know. “My characters are not real, they are all imaginary. She draws a lot of inspiration from art, music, movies and her surroundings – and likes “observing people a lot, watching their expressions and behaviour”.Įvery time she writes a book, Singh says she tries to flesh out her characters first and then head towards story construction. Singh’s books sell, on average, over 20,000 copies and that makes them bestsellers in India. My aim was never to only write and do nothing.” I used to write when I was a student and now the same continues as I am working. “I have always been doing something else while writing. Her life revolves around her two professions – Metropolitan magazine where she works, and her writing. I take a book at a time, start writing, finish it and then. I don’t count the number of books I have written nor write while considering that. “No secret, just hard work,” Singh laughs. “Six books in the first two years,” she beams.So, what’s the secret of her prolific output? Singh, who has lived across India while growing up and now lives in New York, debuted in 2011 with but was noticed with the 2012 romance If It’s Not Forever.
“I really don’t over-think before or while writing. Singh, who started writing at 19 and is in India for the launch of her new book Every Time It Rains says agonising over blank pages is not for her. One has no reason to disbelieve her, given that at 25 she has just launched her 10th novel.
New York-based Nikita Singh is in India for the launch of her new book Every Time It Rains.(Image courtesy: Nikita Singh Facebook) “Whenever I have a story, I write it,” she says. For Nikita Singh, more famous as the writer of best-selling romance novels like Love Facebook and If It’s Not Forever… It’s Not Love, the writing process is quite spontaneous.
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