by Asha Rajan | Mar 21, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The Collector I’m a word collector. I gather them like other people press flowers, catalog stamps, or collect coins. They’re ordered, described and curated with care, then shepherded into books that dot my shelves. When I was in grade 4 the teacher, Miss...
by Asha Rajan | Mar 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
write what you know You’ve probably heard this advice before. On the face of it, it seems so obvious. What else are you going to write? But what does it actually mean? Can you only ever write of things you have personal experience, expertise or knowledge of? If so,...
by Asha Rajan | Feb 21, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
scraping out your insides with a knife I’ve been tussling with a short story this week. The prompt for it came from a conversation with my in-laws on Christmas Day. Christmas dinner was at our place this year, two days after we moved into a new house. I’m a committed...
by Asha Rajan | Feb 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On the importance of finishing a story It’s the middle of summer and there’s a Fringe Festival happening in my city: a festival of comedy, music, burlesque and more. I was excited to go to a comedy show last...
by Asha Rajan | Jan 24, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
What are you afraid of? A while back, a friend posted a Facebook status about irrational fears. He named his irrational fears and asked what everyone else’s were. I have one irrational fear: pool sharks. No, not the kind that fleece you of all your money while sinking...
