The universities and colleges are advised to hold periodic and regular workshops on legal, academic and creative writing. This would inform and equip the faculty and researched scholars with competence in this field.

1. LEGAL, ACADEMIC OR CREATIVE
WRITING

2. PRESENTATION
By
Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar
Executive President,
Indian Society of International Law

3. WHAT ALL A WORKSHOP ON CREATIVE
WRITING MUST COVER?

4. CONTENTS OF THE WORKSHOP
SHOULD COVER FOLLOWING ASPECTS
1. How to make a beginning as an author?
2. How to select a topic?
3. What to write?
4. What do the publishers see in a manuscript?
5. What do the editors see in an article?
6. Joint authors, approach as?
7. Plagiarism in legal writing

5. (Continued)
8. Give good example, say of Senior Advocate Fali Nariman
and also bad ones.
9. Writing for newspaper and general magazines.
10. Format for a blind review.

6. IDENTIFY & SELECT THE RESOURCE PERSONS TO CONDUCT THE
WORKSHOP
Only those who are known as established authors

7. How to write
1. Intro, how to write?
2. Conclusion, how to attempt
3. Use of quotations

8. HOW TO MAKE A BEGINING
1. Letter to Editor.
2. Social media posts.
3. College journals.
4. Comments in conferences/seminars.
5. Start as a co-author.
6. Participate in book reading clubs.

9. COMMON MISTAKES
1. Use of long sentences
2. Repetition
3. No sequence & disjointed text
4. Verbosity
5. Use of adjectives

10. What is an abstract?
An abstract briefly outlines all parts of a paper or article. It
conveys to the reader the gist or essence of the paper. The
reader can then quickly decide whether to read the full text.
It prepares the reader to follow the detailed information,
analysis and arguments in full paper.

11. QUOTE
A repetition of a sentence, phrase or a passage
from speech or text that someone has earlier
said or written.

12. BENEFITS FROM THE USE OF QUOTES
1. It encourages positivity.
2. It boosts motivation.
3. It promotes creativity.
4. It lends fresh voices and perspective.
5. It gives an example or support.

13. INTRO
It is the first part of an article or book
which comes before the main part.

14. A Good Introduction, How to Write?
1. Keep it short.
2. Say something that will catch reader’s attention.
3. Don’t repeat the title.
4. Explain the importance of the text.
5. Tell the reader what’s coming next.
6. Refer to a concern, problem or controversy.

15. ADD IN THE BOOK
1. Use of tables, graphs and pictures
2. Writing on internet e-books
3. Book review

16. INCLUDE FOR INFORMATION OF
PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP
1. List of journals.
2. List of renowned world class
publishers.

17. SUGGEST TITLE OF BOOKS OF SOME
EMINENT AUTHORS
EXAMPLES
1. MK Gandhi
2. Nani Palkhiwala
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Upendra Baxi
5. VR Krishna Iyer

18. • MC Chagla
• Lord Denning
• Fali Nariman

19. PROVIDE LINKS TO CERTAIN FAMOUS
US, Europe & Australian authors

20. CONCLUSION
Universities and educational bodies must regularly
hold workshops on this subject for the benefit of their
faculty and research scholars.