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.
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Special Events
A Networking Event on Technology, Innovation & the Next Generation of Leaders
Open to all mentees and program alum
Join the leading tech company Kyndryl at the Girls Write Now NYC headquarters to learn about tech, AI, and how to break into the ever-growing field. We will discuss the relationship between writing and AI and what we need to know about cybersecurity to feel safe, and engage in generative writing and networking activities.
Community Studios
Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable POV in Fiction
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This month, we are going to talk about the relationship between voice and character. We’ll get to know our main characters and talk about the ways their personality traits, background, identity markers, and more influence the ways our characters think and speak, whether our narration is 1st person, close 3rd, or even 3rd omniscient.
Community Studios
Soul Tracks: Questing for Resilience (Expressive Arts Group)
Open to all mentees
What does it mean to be “broken”? And how do we reconfigure the pieces of your puzzling life to feel more complete? In this workshop, we metaphorically explore, through literature and writing, how the cracks of the mended kintsugi cup has its own beauty.
Community Studios
Writing That Changes the World
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
Does objectivity in journalism exist? Is it okay for journalists to take a strong stance? In this session, we’ll explore writings on the topic, discuss cases where journalists were barred from personal issues, and examine barriers to advocacy journalism.
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Salon Series
Romantic Comedy: Writing Modern, Unique Love Stories
Girls Write Now Office | Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and the public
Join acclaimed author Georgia Clark for a fun and engaging talk on what makes romantic comedies shine. Using her latest holiday romcom Most Wonderful as inspiration, Georgia will dive into the magic behind creating fresh, relatable love stories with characters you’ll root for and moments that’ll make you laugh out loud.
Community Studios
Writing Past the Page: Pushing the Limits of Creativity
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
How thin is the line between dreams and reality? This month, we’ll explore surrealism in fiction and other creative forms. We'll also discover how to use dreams and imagination to craft compelling stories that defy reason and embrace the bizarre.
Collaboratory Workshops
Perspectives on Public Policy: Systemic Inequality with Dr. David McMillon
Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and the public
Join Girls Write Now and Dr. David McMillon, Assistant Professor of Economics at Emory University, for a timely discussion on how public policy can address systemic inequality. Dr. McMillon, who works at the intersection of economics and social justice, will explore how policies in education, criminal justice, and economic systems can either perpetuate or dismantle entrenched disadvantages.
Community Studios
Memoir: Stories that Shape Us
Open to all mentees, all mentors and members
This month we will explore descriptive language, reading various examples of how color is described. Using guiding questions, we will process and discuss these works together.
Community Studios
Peer Pair Support Studio
Open to all mentees
This month, pairs will have an opportunity to collaborate with other pairs as they work to answer a prompt about power, utilizing their different voices and creative perspectives.