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Chillibreeze Interview with Aneesh Chatterjee
1. What is your novel Requiem of Supremacy about? It’s a story about an ordinary man with extraordinary ideas, whose whole life is drenched with crime and corruption. When he’s given power, he uses it to change the world entirely and rid it of corruption and evil. The story is about his path, what obstacles he faces, what impact he has on others, and what finally becomes of him.
2. How long did it take to complete a novel that you had to work on in parallel with your studies? It took roughly a year, give-or-take a couple of months. The studies weren’t a problem, because I’d never put writing on a timetable. I wrote when I felt like it, when I was free. Sometimes I could go weeks without writing — it wasn’t an issue, because I always knew I could go back to it whenever I wanted, since there was no deadline.
My mother had looked for a publisher before I got the chance. Then, I had sent an email introducing myself and the book. He seemed to like it, and soon enough, sent me a contract to sign. Thankfully, it wasn’t that difficult. The age factor acted more like a promotional aspect instead, and also established the credibility of the publisher that they held no inhibitions due to anybody’s age. 4. Have you attended any writing workshops? Do you think you will take some formal training in the future to help you with your writing? No. Going to writing classes will kill any creativity I have, for certain. I’ve never attended workshops, and I plan to keep it that way. Maybe my writing won’t be conventional, but neither will it be a printout constrained by invisible “rules” of writing. 5. Your mother is a writer too… does it help to have an in-house guru to guide you? Yes of course, whenever I have some questions about the language. She’s the one who edited my novel (which was quite a bloody battle, unfortunately). Also I discuss new and bizarre ideas with her. 6. What do you think of publishing a novel as an e-book? My novel is in an e-book format. I guess it makes sense, seeing that print books don’t do that well on the internet.
Slang doesn’t bother me. It’s how they communicate with each other; I use slang myself. The abominable text messages and Facebook comments are still excusable, as it’s no grammar class they’re writing in. However, there’s a difference between slang and complete obliviousness to English, which more people have here than you’d expect (especially the teens). The only time it bothers me is when someone like that corrects other people on English. Thankfully, I’ve only seen these gifted guys on the internet, and nowhere else. 8. What plans do you have for your future? I have several books hanging by their introductory threads, but they’re probably not going anywhere. My latest film project is a book trailer made for a fellow author; “The Crowsmoor Curse”, published by Raven Crest Books. It’s doing relatively well on YouTube. I plan to go into films in more depth, and Vancouver Film School is a near dream. Check the results of the writing contest for the First Quarter, 2012 Related links: A Profile of Digital Academy – The Film School Question for the readers:
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Aneesh is an Indian-origin teenager living in Canada. Like other teenagers, he is constantly on YouTube, Facebook and Minecraft, and ducks studies unless driven up against the wall. Unlike many teenagers, he takes deep interest in literature, movies, arts and music, and writes novels — one of which has been published from UK in 2011 — “Requiem of Supremacy”. He wishes to go into film directing/cinematography for a career and keep writing books as a passion.
