introducing
QISSA
A membership sanctuary for aspiring authors and writers
THE JOURNEY OF A WRITER IS SLOW AND SOLITARY
If you’re looking for a community where you can find flow and flourish as a writer
Welcome to Qissa: A Sanctuary for Stories
The word Qissa means ‘a story, a fable, a narrative’ in Urdu and it is the ethos of this membership community.
Stories develop with time, patience, support, and self-belief. Qissa membership is designed to support you not only to gain confidence as a writer but also to build a practice that will help progress your writing aspirations.
With slow writing at its heart, nothing is forced or feigned inside Qissa.
Designed intentionally to offer you a space where you can progress through different stages of becoming a successful writer while building your confidence and connection with the craft. Qissa will help you grow your writer’s voice, find compassion for your inner doubts, gain confidence in your writing, and build your platform as a writer - slowly.
Qissa is a space that allows you to weave writing holistically into your life while building your career as an aspiring author.
THE STORY INSIDE QISSA
CORE VALUES
The Writer’s Draft holds Qissa’s core values in eight Chapters. These form the core path for a writer to find flow and flourish.
These are meant to be taken in slowly, The Writer’s Draft is there for you to dip in and out of in your own time.
CREATIVE FLOW
The Monthly Edit is hosted live each month where I I share a topic to support your growth as a writer. These topics will change each month to create slow, structured progress. This takes place live each month, and the recording is posted with a workbook.
COMMUNITY AND COACHING
The Literati is our community forum where you can make connections, share openly, and support each other.
There are 4 live sessions where I’m your mentor and guide. Each month there is Allusion Hour (quiet co-writing), Aspiration Hour (goal-setting ritual), and a quarterly Author Quarter in conversation with an expert.
my promise to you
I will help you progress your writing slowly - from working on writing practicalities, platform building, supporting your mindset and nurturing your creativity.
If you’ve ever wanted to find support to help build your writing or dreamed of becoming an author, then Qissa is right for you.
Inside, I will support your writer’s dreams intentionally and intuitively
WRITER TO WORDSMITH
Let me help you turn from
And help you achieve your dreams for a writing career or just make time for your writing in a nourishing and nurturing way
BECOME A MEMBER
WHY YOU’LL LOVE QISSA
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A sanctuary for slow stories.
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The Monthly Edit — monthly focused sessions to support your writing
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Access to me for monthly feedback on writing or support on your writing carrer
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The Writer’s Draft —The core 8 Chapters for Nurturing the Writer
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Encouraging and supportive monthly task workbook
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A chance for one-on-one mentoring with me at a member’s discount
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The Literati — A community of supportive aspiring writers
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Four different live sessions — live writing, expert talks and goal-setting
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Optional accountability partnership with another member for collaborative support
About Sumayya
Your mentor and guide
I’m Sumayya, I believe in slow writing.
I became an author in my forties, before this I was a high-flying lawyer but the higher I climbed the ladder the further I moved away from my calling - passion for writing and creativity. I tapped into what inspired me the most, and I began writing. All I did was share my stories with authenticity and soul. I grew from a food writer to a creative writing mentor. Now as fifty-one, I stand before you - a writer, a mother, a mentor.
Building a professional writing career can be overwhelming. I know this because I have been through the same struggles. This is why I created Qissa, to help aspiring authors and writers like you to find support, community and mentoring to build and nurture your creativity. My aim to to help you find your way out of the overwhelm and into the calm of creativity.
WHAT’S INSIDE THE MEMBERSHIP
The Writer’s Draft: 8 Chapters for a writer’s nurturing growth
The Monthly Edit: Monthly writer-themed topics delivered live, with a task workbook
Live Allusion Hour: A monthly live writer’s hour
Live Aspiration Hour: A goal-setting live hour a few times a year
Live Author Quarter: A quarterly live with an expert or direct access to me
Live Author Quarter: quarterly talks with experts, authors, marketing experts, publishers, agents
The Literati: An online community of writers to support you with monthly challenges and chats.
HAVE YOU GOT QUESTIONS?
I have answers for you
Do you have any other questions about Qissa? Please contact me here.
START YOUR STORY
If you’d love to be a part of a nurturing and nourishing writer’s membership inside Qissa, pick the option that works best for you.
PAY MONTHLY
Recurring payment, cancel with four weeks notice
£24
PAY QUARTERLY
3 months investment, then recurring every 3 months.
£74
PAY ANNUALLY
12 months upfront, then recurring every 12 months.
£264
14 DAYS promise
Why don’t you try Qissa for 14 days? If you don’t feel Qissa is for you, I’ll happily return your investment - no questions asked.
“I would highly recommend working with Sumayya to anyone who is committed to improving their writing and wants nurturing support to create in their own voice.”
- Shauna H
“Sumayya is a generous and creative soul with a steady guiding hand. She has a unique way of honing in on just the right points with clarity and honesty, in a gentle and thoughtful way.”
- Sonya P
KIND WORDS FROM MEMBERS
Qissa is a beautiful program that has your writing journey not as a strict guidance but a beautiful companionship to honing your inner spirit of writing. I find Qissa to be not an ordinary writing program. It is exquisitely sensuous and it has Sumayya's nurturing mentorship in it is visually so aesthetic . I did not expect it to be so rich and wholesome experience. As the name denotes, its is a beautiful storytelling journey in which Sumayya literally holds your hands takes you along and takes you along as gives you the ownership in this self based program. I would high recommend this to anyone who believe in taking thing slowly and doesnt want overwhelm or time constraint challenges.
- Shaza K
START YOUR STORY
If you’d love to be a part of a nurturing and nourishing writer’s membership inside Qissa, pick the option that works best for you.
PAY MONTHLY
Recurring payment, cancel with four weeks notice
£24
PAY QUARTERLY
3 months investment, then recurring every 3 months.
£74
PAY ANNUALLY
12 months upfront, then recurring every 12 months.
£264