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Meet Vanya Kapoor, Who Follows a Story Until It Builds Itself

A 9-year-old who loves writing, swimming, and singing, and who describes her process better than most adult novelists could.

Bukmuk Publishing7 April 20261 min read

Vanya Kapoor is a 9-year-old who loves writing, swimming, and singing.

Here is how she describes her own method: once she starts a story, the ideas keep coming until it builds itself into something whole. That is one of the most honest descriptions of how fiction actually gets written that we have heard, from a writer of any age.

Her story appears in Whispers of Many Worlds. Vanya is proof that you do not need a rigid plan to finish something whole. You need to start, and then follow it.

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