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Arun Shankar

@dispatch48.bsky.social
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Opening up about my writing, sharing it, and being part of a writing community... the stuff of my nightmares. This is me trying to go from "leave me alone to write" to "hi, how are you." #amquerying arunshankar.com

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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
From my lit fic MS, The Violet Heel. Claire views an old photograph... #writesky #WIPSnips #amquerying #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Ruby is desperate to leave her home; she craves escape, a new life. Excerpt from my MS: The Violet Heel #iamquerying #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Claire reflects on the letters her father wrote to her—letters full of banal recollections and fragmented statements, that had very little substance. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Claire resolves to escape the tortures of the ‘Farmhouse’ by sending out a coded S.O.S to her half-sister, Ruby. Excerpt from my Lit Fic manuscript, The Violet Heel. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Claire's deception has been discovered by her brother, Gerald. He is furious and confronts her at her apartment. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Ruby embarrasses her boyfriend Lucas in front of his church. The consequences for Ruby will be terrible. The sense of abandonment will trigger a past she's been running away from. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Ruby had hoped her boyfriend in another country would be her ticket out of her old life and into a different, better future. All she wants is freedom, at any cost.
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Claire reminisces about her father's faith, especially how it transformed after her mother passed away. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Claire reminisces about the time when she and Xavier decided to get married. The ordinariness of it, the matter-of-fact way it happened. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Claire recounts what she's heard about the affair between her father and Agnes, when they were in their twenties. #writesky #WIPSnips #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
As the fire rages, Claire uses the distraction to escape the 'Farmhouse'. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Taking advantage of the fire, Claire escapes from the 'Farmhouse' #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
#WIPSnips #writersky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#WIPSnips #writesky #writer #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#WIPSnips #writersky #writingcommunity #writer
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Been a while since I posted; got swept away by everyday things and a slump in motivation. Trying to reverse it. More "power" to me :) #WIPSnips #writersky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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Arun Shankar @dispatch48.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#WIPSnips
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