A story begets a story...
Once upon a time there was a toddler who liked scribbling with a pen in her hand, filled with skills well beyond her years and her Nana who happily prophesied that she will be a writer in the future as she unintelligible scribbled in his notebooks.
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She was not like other kids. She didn’t have many friends and she liked staying home but there was one thing about her - stories obsessed her.
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No one could tell that immediately about her because she wasn’t much of a talker but there were signs - like when her eyes sparkled every time she watched an old disney movie, how she stared unblinkingly when her elders spun a yarn or two of their good old days and how despite being a non talkative person, she would not shut up when she got the turn to tell bedtime stories.
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But then, as life would have it, distance grew between stories and her. For her idea came to be to grow up and become a teacher, a doctor, a scientist like others kids around her would say. Years passed and stories no longer obsessed her.
Stories, in fact, had no more place in her life.
Until one day….because stories have a way of finding their way back to us.
One day, when her life and the people in it broke her and her heart down so bad that she had no choice but to shut herself down and escape, and what’s better place to escape than books.
Day by day, as she read. She remembered. Stories used to obsess her. And one day when she felt so moved through stories, she began writing them, and she realised…
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Stories obsess her still.
Once upon a time, a writer was born when a girl turned her pain into powerful stories, reaped from the sorrows of her past, written into life. That is when she learned that life obsesses her and that stories are everywhere.
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That a story begets a story - because every tale told sparks another. One memory awakens a thousand more, one idea inspires the next, and one storyteller’s voice echoes in another’s words. Life fuels fiction, and fiction reshapes life, creating an endless cycle where stories never truly end—they only evolve.
That is when she learned that to be a writer is to…
Be the main character and write from life.
This is my story. My name is Shivangi...
and I believe that to be a writer, you have to really live and become the main character yourself. Because life is a story in a story in a story…where every story begets another.
Although I have always been a writer, as I have mentioned above, I officially started writing stories in 2016 on Wattpad. If there’s anything other than stories that fascinates me, it’s music - especially that of my favourite boyband, One Direction. At first, I used to read One Direction fanfictions on Wattpad until one day when I had read them all and so I began writing them. I started off with One Directions imagines AKA short stories and when I started gaining a small encouraging readership and started getting many requests from my readers, I finally wrote my first ever fanfiction novel based on Liam Payne from One Direction.
I will not get into any details but One Direction, especially Liam Payne, really showed me the door to becoming a writer and I will forever be grateful to the band and the stories I wrote about them that eventually made me realise that I could actually pursue a career in writing.
Anyway, after that I wrote many other novels. I am especially proud of two Greek mythologies I wrote. I was still finding my voice as a writer back then but had grown tremendously as a writer.
But then came the dark ages...
For several years, I did not write. Life just kept coming in the way. First there were my university exams, then there were some internships I took up, then a digital marketing courses that I had to do, and then I got a job as a scriptwriter at a studio in Mumbai called Awara Storyteller Studios and also another part time job as a corporate girl. My writing life has not been simple since but will I ever give up on writing? Never.
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Like I said, I now write scripts for KUKUFM and other audio and video platforms which has been really great in shaping me as a writer and now, a coach.
But more recently I have come to admit that I have always wanted to do something of my own. As a student in school and in college, I used to read books about female characters who used to read books and write and publish stories for a living, and I always wondered how cool it would be if I could do that. Back then I was just a book blogger, reviewing books on my website when suddenly one day I got a paid opportunity to review for an author. After that I couldn’t get the idea of having my own book business out of my head.
And then one day, I thought. Let’s do it. How hard can it be?
And on that day, Write From Life was born.
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What makes me the Best Writing Coach in India?
- Shivangi Srivastav
I wrote my first ever novel at the age of 14 years of age. A story brimming with teen drama and emotions from some of my personal experience. Since it was a personal story, even sort of autobiographical to some extent, I just wrote it, without any structure, character creation or any sort of plot outlining. It didn’t need anything, and just like that – the book effortlessly achieved 7K views and over 2K votes on Wattpad, in just a matter of some months of me publishing it.
I wanted to get better, so I tried learning how to write from the writing gurus online on Youtube. I tried their structures, their 3 ARC, 7 ARC, 9 ARC, plotting and the save the cat beat sheets, but I couldn’t write for my life, if it needed saving and if the only way to save it was if I used the techniques of these writing gurus.
Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with what these writing coaches are teaching you. But I do have a complaint that if you use those techniques - you will end up writing the same story that has already been written by thousands of different writers all over the world.
I am honestly tired of reading the same romances over and over again. Same old characters with their same old dark trauma and past. And the same old thrillers and horrors with the same old villains with no personal motives other than to just gain power? Okay, and do what with it?
Let’s please get original. It’s high time.
Writing a story…even stealing a story and making it your own is very easy. But writing an original story with a plot and themes that have never been done before, that is also relatable that it touches the deepest wounds of its audience, and also unforgettable that it stays with the viewers till the end of their time.
A story that they just won’t….actually can’t stop recommending because it is just so good – can’t be written by following a plot structure. It has to come from life.
Great storytelling isn’t just about what happens next—it’s about why.
It’s about instinct—the deep, intuitive sense of what your characters would do, the paths they’d take, and the message your story leaves behind.
And that writer instinct? I will teach you how to find it, sharpen it, and use it to write stories that truly matter.
I teach with a unique approach
Most writing courses focus on structure and grammar. But great storytelling is about depth, authenticity, and emotion. My coaching method teaches you how to:
Find inspiration in real-life experiences
because fiction and reality are both alike. One is just more romanticised than the other.
Write with a unique, personal voice that makes your stories and characters relatable to everyone and anyone who reads your stories
Create characters and plots that feel real. Blend reality with fiction to make stories more immersive
"A story begets a story"—I’ll help you unlock the stories waiting within you
Proven Expertise in Writing & Book Marketing
With 10 years of experience in writing, editing, and book marketing, I have:
I have written and completed over 6 novels, 2 of which are published on Wattpad - specialising in romance, paranormal and fantasy, which got over 1,000 views.
I have beta read several published novels with my added writing and editing advise
Mentored 2 happy clients to market their novels on social media platforms and their websites
Last updated: February, 2025
I don’t just teach theory—I help you take action and build a writing career.