Bilal Minto on the Writing Process
The first event of the Halqa-e-Danish Ham-`asr Urdū Afsānā series took place on September 26, 2019. The guest for the first session was Bilal Hassan Minto, a Lahore-based lawyer, film-maker, and short-story writer. Minto has worked on four art house films — World Ka Centre, Javaid Shampoo, Kāli Shalwār, and Safar— and has published a short story collection titled Model Town (2015) . Here, Minto talks about his writing process and gives advice about cultivating a writing practice.
The first event of the Halqa-e-Danish Ham-`asr Urdū Afsānā series took place on September 26, 2019. The guest for the first session was Bilal Hassan Minto, a Lahore-based lawyer, film-maker, and short-story writer. Minto has worked on four art house films — World Ka Centre, Javaid Shampoo, Kāli Shalwār, and Safar— and has published a short story collection titled Model Town (2015) . Here, Minto talks about his writing process and gives advice about cultivating a writing practice.