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.
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.
Literature to Life adapts Erika L. Sánchez’s YA novel as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. This title will be co-produced in partnership with Freedom Reads, the only organization in the nation transforming the experience of incarceration by opening libraries in prison housing facilities. Freedom Reads was founded by Reginald Dwayne Betts in 2020. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter takes place in modern day Chicago. The novel focuses on the idea of finding one’s own identity, and breaking free from societal, cultural, and familial expectations.
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.
Join us for an interactive, live editing session of mentee writing! Special guests from the Nonfiction Journey will share excerpts from their memoirs in progress and receive feedback from IVEdit - Digital Committee Members.
