Aishwarya Shrivastava

Poems Misinterpreted: Author’s Intent and Poetic Fatalism

“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less travelled by...

5 facts about writing that writers hate to know

"I do (swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm) that what I shall state shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…"...

Something tells me that I'm young

Time tickles me sometimes Right under the ribs Till the point that it hurts Something tells me that I'm young But I know better than to...

5 overused fiction tropes that should just die now

If pre-tested success recipes were irrelevant, cookbooks won’t exist. The world of literary creation has for long disowned tropes,...

6 things you can do with your poems and short stories

Your trauma can make you rich. Your father just walked out on your family for the third time, your pet dog died, oh no! Your crush was...