The writer with a finished draft
Meet Arjun Sen.
The draft was complete. The next step was learning what to leave in, and what to let go.
Arjun writes fiction around a busy working week. His example follows the move from a complete first draft to a more confident novel, with space to understand editorial decisions instead of simply accepting them.
Walk through Arjun’s journey
“On the same train home, two people keep imagining different versions of the lives waiting for them.”
Arjun Sen · The writer with a finished draft
The draft was complete. The next step was learning what to leave in, and what to let go.
Fiction
Between Two Stations
On the same train home, two people keep imagining different versions of the lives waiting for them.
It takes people
The team beside this story.
Editorial Lead
Spots a wandering sentence from three rooms away.
Meet the person & their projects →Team profile · Devansh RaoDesign Lead
Can judge a margin. Won't judge your first draft.
Meet the person & their projects →Team profile · Priya IyerPublishing Manager
Knows which chapter, file and person comes next.
Meet the person & their projects →The best conversations were about why a scene mattered. Once we understood that, the decisions about pace became much easier to make together.
“My book is out there. How do I help the right people find it?”
Being published was a beginning. Finding her readers needed a different kind of conversation.