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Girls Write Now Live Performance Prep
Performing virtually has become a new art form in a way—one that allows your work and your voice to reach…
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Thursday Night Salon Stuck Together: Writing Fiction Tropes with the Authors of Blackout
Join us on Thursday, July 8 from 6-7 PM ET for Stuck Together: Writing Fiction Tropes with Blackout authors Tiffany…
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Friday Night Salon: Halloween Edition with Author LaTanya McQueen
Author LaTanya McQueen will lead participants through a series of writing prompts based on her terrifying debut novel, When the Reckoning Comes.
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Friday Night Salon | Investigating Forgiveness: Memoir Writing with Author Elle Johnson
Write with Author & TV Writer Elle Johnson, who will share her process for turning a tragedy that altered the fabric of her family into a remarkable a heart-wrenching story of love, violence, coming of age, secrets and justice.
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Friday Night Salon | Bounce Back! Making Manga with Misako Rocks!
Join Manga writer and illustrator Misako Rocks! as she leads an all-skills level welcome Manga lesson—which includes drawing by hand! Misako will also share her journey as a writer and illustrator, as well as behind-the-scenes tales of her upcoming graphic novel, BOUNCE BACK.
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Friday Night Salon | Secrets and Lies with Qian Julie Wang author of Beautiful Country
Write with Qian Julie Wang, the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country, her personal narrative of being a Chinese immigrant, as she leads us through the challenging process of writing a memoir—protecting those you love while telling your authentic story.
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Friday Night Salon | The Intimate & the Invented: Fiction Writing with Daphne Palasi Andreades
Queens native and O. Henry Prize recipient, Daphne Palasi Andreades, will discuss drawing from what we intimately know—our lived experiences, our hometown, our family—and combining this with our imagination to fill in the blanks. A creative combination that will make your fictional world and characters jump off the page, Daphne Palasi Andreades will also speak about her writing process and publication journey behind her debut novel, Brown Girls.
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Friday Night Salon | Documenting the Undocumented: The Author Agent Relationship with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio and Mollie Glick
Join National Book Award finalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio and notable CAA literary agent Mollie Glick, for an evening of frank conversation about the publishing business and the author/agent relationship. Learn about the importance of writing with conviction and how the publishing world works to move your story from the page to a larger stage.
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Friday Night Salon | All From Your Phone: Creating Digital News with NBCU’s Maya Eaglin
Maya Eaglin, digital reporter for NBC News, will share information about pitching ideas, the skills employed to get a great interview, as well as the production process used to create her stories. You can see her features on the company's Gen Z and Millennial brand "Stay Tuned", which has over 10.7 million subscribers, as well as on NBC News Now and NBCNews.com.
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Love [Poetry] Galore: Writing Love Poems with Sam Arriozola
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public
A sonnet is basically a chorus, and Shakespeare was basically a rapper. But Shakespeare's got NOTHING on a SZA and Isaiah Rashad collab. Well, at least that's what our next Friday Night Salon TA and poet, Sam Arriozola, thinks.