Community Studios
The World of Prompts
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This month, we'll be using history, newspapers and archival material to generate writing prompts!
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Community Studios
Community Studios
Career Readiness: Tips, Tricks & Triumphs
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
In this final fall studio, we'll pair accountability partners, practice interview skills, and hear from a mentee on building her network and learning from interviews. Everyone will share their progress. No prior attendance needed, and mentors are welcome.
Community Studios
Peer Pair Support Studio
Open to all mentees
This month, each participant writes a letter of encouragement to their peer, reflecting on strengths, growth, and their shared journey. This helps foster appreciation and connection, reinforcing their partnership.
Community Studios
Rooted in Nature: Turning Creativity into Environmental Advocacy
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
In this studio, we explore creative writing and art-making that reflects on the relationship between humans and native plants and encourage participants to turn their creative process into environmental advocacy projects.
This month, we'll discuss the various ways we can spread awareness to the public about contributing to a healthier environment. Additionally, we will be exploring writing and art and how we can use them as tools to advocate for a healthier world.
Community Studios
Mentor Support Group/Think Tank
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
The Mentor Support Group/Think Tank is a space for mentors to meet up and talk about their GWN experience — the pluses and minuses. This studio functions like a support group and a think tank, in which we exchange ideas on engaging our mentee, as well as discussing solutions for issues and sharing resources.
Community Studios
Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable POV in Fiction
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This month, we'll discuss editing for voice, including what "close POV" means and how to achieve it in 1st and 3rd person. We’ll also do editing exercises to explore ways to make our narrators' voices more specific.
Committee Studios
Committee on Print Editorial
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
Join us for the kick-off Anthology Committee meeting as we gather to talk about Girls Write Now’s 2025 Anthology and share our hopes and dreams. Who should write the Foreword and who should provide a blurb? What goes into making this meaningful book? You’ll learn about the publishing process and meet the mentors and mentees who will be editing the anthology.
Community Studios
Soul Tracks: Questing for Resilience (Expressive Arts Group)
Open to all mentees
This month, we’ll use photographic imagery of trees and symbolism to explore self-image. A poem by Donald Adamson, “Damaged,” will guide us in reflecting on our worldview and our stance of acceptance or non-acceptance in our life journeys.
Community Studios
Writing That Changes the World
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This month, we’ll briefly touch upon these barriers to entry, and discuss the other avenues that exist for using our writing to effect change, from educational flyers to social media posts and more.
Community Studios
Writing Past the Page: Pushing the Limits of Creativity
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This final studio will unite film with fiction novel writing and how we can use this as a means to explore character creation and development. We will engage in crafting original characters and putting these characters in situations and scenes from movies and incorporate these into an immersive writing exercise.