'Love - one of the strongest emotions that affects all' Says Abbyshek Chandra

Author and educationist Abbyshek Chandra, whose debut novel, 'Love You Forever', was launched last year, says he took the romance genre, because "love is the most popular and one of the strongest emotions that affects all of us deeply". His forthcoming book 'Forbidden Love' was selected among the top five in Amazon Pen-to-Publish contest this year.

Chandra, in a chat shares: "When I decided to write my debut novel - Love You Forever (that is based on my life and is one of the best-rated novels internationally), I wanted it to appeal to the largest segment of readers, which is the romance segment with people of all age groups because 'love' is the most popular and one of the strongest emotions that affects all of us deeply. Romance genre was hence, a conscious and an obvious choice, though only for my debut novel. Also, being an emotional person, I knew I could do justice to the genre. I believe that a good author should be able to write in any genre and I would consciously never align myself with a particular genre. I have also written books in Maths, Physics and Biology that students follow every year."

He adds: "Coming back to novels, I am a free soul and I will continue to write stories I feel strongly about. If 'love' happens to be a part of them, so be it. It is actually difficult to avoid 'love' and 'relationships' when you write a novel in any genre. Pick any novel - mystery, thriller, horror, etc., and you will notice that love and relationships would form a part of its plot in some way or the other."

Does he think love and romance is an "easy" genre to write on?

Chandra says yes, as compared to, say, horror, mystery, crime, and thriller genres. "I say this purely because most of the authors have had first-hand experience of romance and love. Writing about something you have personally experienced is obviously easier than writing about things (horror, crime, etc) you haven't."

Having said that, he shares that romance is also the most difficult genre to write on if one wants to go on and become a successful and famous author.

"Every other author writes on romance, be it debut or established. So, it is the most common genre to write on. This is what makes romance the most difficult genre because the competition is immense and for you to get noticed among hundreds of romance authors (both debut and established ones) published every month, your novel should stand apart. Trust me, doing that is very, very difficult. Imagine standing amidst a crowd of hundreds and standing out. Ask any published author, it is not easy!" (IANS)

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