Fiction writing & scenarios

How a particular location inspired me to write my mini novella

Setting the stage for my heroine

Recently, I started a short story while reminiscing about a particular New York City neighborhood I could not get out of my mind. For years, I’d been exploring a small off-center Chinatown area located between Canal and Worth Streets, the Bowery to the east and Lafayette Street to the west.

I started to get obsessed with this neighborhood’s old buildings, the joyfully packed…