About Me

 



I am Sneha Narayan – an aspiring writer and copyeditor, and a chronic overthinker. By this I mean that I spend most of my time googling how to correctly use commas. 

I write slice-of-life personal essays and fiction stories. When I am not writing or reading, I overanalyse movies and T.V shows, and try to learn to dance.

I’m here trying to share just a little bit of my never-ending supply of thoughts. The mind can be a difficult place but I believe that the world can be changed by kindness and of course, by storytelling. That, and if I could just figure out how to confidently use commas.

 

Check out my blog on Medium where I more or less nerd out about Movies, TV Shows and Books.

You can follow me on Instagram, Clubhouse, and LinkedIn.

I review books on Goodreads. Take a look.

Here is the Linktree to all my other fiction and non-fiction writing works.

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