India's most popular creative writing organisation Tall Tales is back with another writing workshop. This one is called Sizzle Sparkle Swoon. Why? Because we believe that these are the words that come close to defining what great writing is.
What makes a moment sizzle on a page?
Learn how to break it down stir it up and write it hot.
Some sentences shine. Others sparkle.
Discover how small choices make your writing unforgettable.
Swoon worthy writing isn't accidental.
It's rhythm restraint and revelation.
In this workshop we break down the kind of structure you need in your writing that makes audiences salivate with the sizzle of your prose where your words sparkle with the abandon of a child and your readers swoon with delight despair and all shades of dreams.
The workshop will led by Akshay Gajria.
Akshay Gajria is a London-based storyteller writer and writing coach. He completed Computer Engineering from NMIMS in Mumbai and holds a MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University of London. His written work appears in Fabled Planet Tamarind Literary Magazine Human Parts Skulls Mechanics Institute Review The Writing Cooperative Bluegraph Press The Coffeelicious Your Story Club Futura Magazine The Book Mechanic Poets Unlimited StoryMaker Whiplash and more. He won the second prize in The Written Circle’s short story prize and his story is published in their anthology Constellations.
He is the author of the Kindle e-book Home and has ghostwritten three books. He co-contributed to the book Hack Into Your Creativity by Michael Burns (Penguin Random House 2017) and is the copyeditor for The Best of Tall Tales (Rupa 2018). His short story Autobiography of a Dictionary is converted into two separate short films: one in English shot and made in the Bahamas officially selected for the Bahamas International Film Festival (2019) and other festivals; the other in Malayalam shot and made in Bangalore India.
He tells live personal stories on stage with Tall Tales The Moth True Story London and The Story Collider. Most recently his live story Reject aired on the Moth Hour Radio globally and is currently available on The Moth Podcast.
If you have any questions drop an email to
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Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm BST
Date: Thursday 28th August ‘25
Location: Online via Zoom
Instructions:
Please ensure that you have a good strong and stable internet connection. A phone internet is not recommended.
You will receive an email from us closer to the date of the workshop with detailed instructions.