For the gift you have, persist! (A synopsis of All Pakistan Aspiring Writers’ Convention, 2013 at LUMS) So! That entire furor over the hot LUMS writing competition and almost everyone asking one another, “yar ap ne LUMS ke lie writing submit kara di?” finally did end and the event took place on Sunday, March 31, 2013. For those who couldn’t make it to the gathering, here is a gist of what happened there (Focusing majorly on the productive discussions by some literary people) Initially, there was a panel discussion scheduled on the topic “ 'How Creative Writing Can Serve Both as a Passion and a Source of living. ”, the speakers for the panel being Ali Usman Qasmi, Farrukh Khan and Aysha Raja, plus CEO of Ferozesons publishers was among them too (As far as I can recall)