VONA – Corner Office Shaikh

VONA: Future Advice on Writing

As I walk away from VONA, I have to remind myself first and foremost that I too am a writer. I might not feel comfortable embracing this label, with all my swirling self doubts and insecurities, but I am a writer because the craft of storytelling is something that lies deep in my genetic code.Continue reading “VONA: Future Advice on Writing”

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The Intrepid Traveller

I had no intention of blogging through the entire VONA workshopping experience (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4a, Day 4b). The fact that I am is a testament to how inspired I am by all the intense writing energy, ideas, and the learning around me. Today was the final day, and it wasContinue reading “The Intrepid Traveller”

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On Verbing the Workshop (A VONA Post)

I am still amused by the concept of “workshopping.” Its an actual action one can do and does in an MFA experience, or in writing. Every time I hear someone using it as a verb, chuckles start up across my mind and work hard to suppress an external expression because I don’t want to offend.Continue reading “On Verbing the Workshop (A VONA Post)”

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Four Points to VONA, Or the Nagging Question: What Am I Doing Here?

I start with four points, stumble through four thoughts and end with four, gems thats where VONA presents itself so far at the end of the first full day of workshop. Today was the end of the first full day of “workshopping”, which apparently is a thing you do in a MFA program. I hadContinue reading “Four Points to VONA, Or the Nagging Question: What Am I Doing Here?”

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I VONA Check-In

I haven’t been regular with posts these past couple of weeks. Rest assured I have drafted multiple Field Notes for the Millennial Quran Study Project, and have diligently worked on some other posts. Its just I have had to really buckle down and get out of the way something that I have dragged my feet on, and forContinue reading “I VONA Check-In”