In this final studio, writers will revisit the tools of tension, combining genre techniques with sensory detail to strengthen their storytelling. Through guided prompts and a workshop-style session, participants will generate new work that reflects both what they’ve learned and their unique voice.
This mentor-only studio is a meet and greet to discuss our experiences, share ideas, ask questions, or just stop in to say hello.
Explore a crossroad of creative non-fiction and poetry through the prose poem, a form that combines the composition and realm of creative non-fiction and the poetry format. Learning the prose poem can help you approach poetry in a new way.
Get ready to get inspired! In this studio, you’ll learn how to find the hook of your story and go beyond the basic “who, what, where, when, why.” We’ll debate whether it’s rue that you must “write what you know” and we’ll do some brainstorming to help you mine your life, and the world around you, for great story ideas.
In this studio, participants will learn strategies for portfolio-building, college and career exploration, as well as tips for balancing workload and wellness in high school. Participants will gain access to easy-to-use tools and external resources for further individual research.
The final studio, How to Handle Hecklers, uses the mnemonic device HUMOR to address hecklers in the workplace. HUMOR engages active listening and critical thinking to disarm facetious or malicious intents.
I.V. Edit Print Committee focuses on traditional print media at Girls Write Now. This committee is dedicated to producing the yearly anthology that showcases the written work of Girls Write Now mentees. The goal is to provide a tangible platform for storytelling, allowing community members to see their work in print and share it with a wider audience.
In this session, sound will be used as a tool for self-reflection and emotional exploration, allowing participants to tune into emotions they may be experiencing or have experienced in the past. Participants will explore creative sound and audio practices such as audio journaling, songwriting, and beat-making.
In this lesson, participants will be asked to explore and define the movement and change that happens within fictional worlds and within the fictional world they are creating. The exploration will be fostered by participants looking at fictional worlds and the ways that different elements of storytelling change fictional worlds.
In this interdisciplinary studio, attendees contemplate crises that they feel compassionate toward and develop methods to address them in their writing. Attendees will participate in a meditation and complete writing activities designed to encourage mindfulness of the world around them.
