Come bond with your fellow mentors at the Writing 360 Mentor Midyear Training while taking a deeper dive into Wellness & DEI training. Exchange valuable tips with each other to strengthen your pair relationship and realign on program requirements!
Come get to know your fellow Writing 360 Mentees at this Mentee only workshop where you will have the chance to work together on a creative small group project, de-stress in a wellness session and have a refresher on program requirements!
Find the chemistry between your YA characters in this 360 workshop. Attendees will learn how to create authentic and meaningful connection between romantic leads. Prepare to master the swoon, sizzle and slow burn!
This generative creative nonfiction workshop will look at the many ways to explore and reconstruct memories on the page, pulling from readings and also using writing exercises to explore expansive and sometimes experimental approaches to moving through time and space in creative nonfiction.
Explore a whole new realm of storytelling through podcasts with podcast producer, playwright, and Hugo Award-winning fiction editor, Diana M. Pho. Dip your toes in the vast world of podcast genres and styles, and leave with the start of your future #1 show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and "wherever podcasts are available."
In this workshop, Ivy Mahsciao will cover the hidden psychology operating on either side of the smartphone screen: From interaction design principles to behavioral economics to game theory, this workshop will provide a unique understanding of the psychology of app design and how to become a better informed app consumer.
For some of us, our on-stage career ended with our elementary school debut of "Hot-Crossed Buns." Luckily -- writer, producer, and performer, Ana Maria Jomolca, welcomes us back on the stage with the first Writing 360 workshop in May! Reconnect with the spotlight and dabble in creating our own Broadway-worthy re-tellings of our most cherished stories. Find your places, people!
In our last Writing 360 workshop of the year, TV writer, Naomi G. Davis, will share her knowledge of story building, guide us through concepts of how to find ideas and share her experience working on shows like The Endgame, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Get Down. Participants will write about a personal experience in their life, then share these memories in small group "writers rooms", where they will collaboratively create the next hit TV show! "Writers room" groups will then share their TV show pitches with Naomi and the other "writers rooms". Join us to discover how your life has the potential to be a story on the screen!
At our first Writing 360 workshop, mentees and mentors will delve into true crime as a subject, with the specific aim of creating poetry that honors victims and their stories. This generative poetry workshop will explore the ways that poetry can act as a social justice and activism device in the context of true crime, and how we can uplift the stories of true crime victims that often go untold. CW/TW: violence against women-identifying individuals
In this workshop, Mady will take you on a journey through the world of graphic design, showing you how to create a striking poster that both delights the eye and motivates your audience. Explore the power of design as a call to action for what you care most about using your imagination and the design platform Canva.