Upcoming Workshops with the Story Company India

The Story Company India announces its upcoming workshops for writers.

Dear Writer,

There are moments in the writing journey when producing words is not enough. What matters is how deeply we listen, how closely we observe, and how rigorously we shape what we have written.

At The Story Company India, we are excited to bring you two carefully designed workshops that focus on exactly that: learning to engage more meaningfully with both life and language.

The Editor’s Toolkit: Foundations of Editing
with Dr Pallavi Narayan

Most writing workshops teach you how to produce words. Very few teach you how to make those words worth reading.

Revision is where writing becomes clear, precise, and publishable. This workshop focuses on the craft of editing as it is actually practiced, going beyond grammar to address structure, flow, clarity, and voice.

What you will take away:
• An understanding of structural, line, and copyediting
• The ability to read your own work with editorial distance
• Tools to tighten sentences and improve clarity
• Insight into how small edits can transform a draft

Who it is for:
Writers, early-career editors, professionals, and serious readers who want to sharpen their relationship with text.

Format:
• May 9 (Saturday) and May 10 (Sunday)
• 11:00 AM IST
• 2 hours per day
• Online

Fee: ₹9,500/-

Dr Pallavi Narayan has worked with leading publishing houses including Routledge, Pan Macmillan, and Penguin Random House, and has taught writing and editing at universities in India, Singapore, and the United States. She previously served as Director of the Creative Writing Programme at Ahmedabad University and is the author of Pamuk’s Istanbul: The Self and the City, as well as the editor of Singapore at Home: Life across Lines.

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Writing from Life: Listening, Observation, and Story
with Bupinder Singh Bali

Most people say they write “from life.” Few know how to do it with depth, rigour, and attention. This workshop is designed for writers who want to move beyond surface storytelling and work with real-world material in a more intentional way.

What you will learn:
• How to listen for narrative, not just information
• How to observe people, spaces, and everyday detail
• How to shape lived experience into scenes
• How to work with voice, ethics, and representation

Participants will leave with a developed short piece grounded in real-world material.

Format: 3 sessions × 1.5 hours
Dates:
• 15 May (Friday), 8:30 PM
• 17 May (Sunday), 11:00 AM–12:30 PM and 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Fee: ₹4,500/-
Batch size: Limited

This workshop is ideal for writers of nonfiction, memoir, long-form journalism, and literary fiction who want to write with greater clarity, precision, and honesty.

Bupinder Singh Bali is a writer and ethnographer, and the author of Those Who Stayed: The Sikhs of Kashmir. His work has appeared in The Wire, Columbia School of Journalism, Outlook, The Week, The India Forum, and more.

If you have been looking to deepen your writing practice or strengthen your editing skills, these workshops offer a focused and practical way to do so. Please do share with your writing groups or anyone who might be interested in these topics. 

To register, reply to this email at kiranmanral@gmail.com.

Batch sizes are limited, so we urge you to block your seat in advance. 

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