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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This month, participants will have a short tutorial on how to create a LinkedIn account and learn how to create a post that can best express their accomplishments.
From Solo Acts to Squad Goals: In the world of visual storytelling characters often team up to go on adventures or missions. Join our party to explore the group dynamics of characters on epic journeys through examples and prompts.
Recapping on session one and two learnings of “claim warrant impact” and “blowing up the balloon” while adding the art of rebuttal and contrasting arguments via weighing the validity of contrasting arguments.
This month, we'll be teaching studio participants tips and techniques of interviewing people for news stories, and then they'll have the chance to interview another studio participant.
This month, participants will listen to two spoken-word poems: both embody intense emotions that use poetry as a way of processing. They will spot similarities and differences, engage in a creative conversation, and ultimately craft their own.
