Too much worldbuilding, no matter how awesome, can bog down a story, slowing the pace and shunting characters to the background, and too little will deprive readers of a sense of the world. In this session, we’ll discuss how to achieve this balance.
virtual, open to mentors, mentees, and the public Looking to practice your editing skills and support Girls Write Now mentees
What is code switching? Do you do it? If so, how often? In this IV DEIB session, we’ll demystify code switching, and examine how it impacts all of us personally and professionally.
This Studio will move you through a series of creative visualization, expressive writing, and journaling sentence stems to reduce stress and induce a sense of relaxation. We will also apply the Japanese technique of haiku and haibun.
Keep your thinking caps on for our next session of Write Outside the Box. In this studio, we will be covering common themes, or tropes, in fiction and explore creative writing that moves beyond or subverts them.
In this studio we aim to explore the unique qualities of languages, how the tones or phrases utilized in a story may shape and exemplify the specific cultural attitude of a group of people.
In this interactive session, we will explore how poetry can give voice to the unsaid, offering a means to process emotions, reclaim narratives, and foster connection. Whether you’re an experienced poet or just beginning your writing journey, this workshop will guide you through prompts and discussions that encourage self-expression and emotional growth.
In this studio, we will examine the ways in which creative writing techniques like sentence structure and POV choice can be applied at the line level to make your nonfiction writing flow and draw in your reader.
This month, we’ll be teaching studio participants the components of a compelling newspaper or magazine-style profile of a person, and then they’ll have the chance to start crafting a profile of someone in their life or a fellow studio participant.
This Chat will explore the essential attributes and pathways to positions within the film industry. Here is your chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that covers everything from film criticism to screenwriting to funding! Come and chat with Stephanie Zacharek, a film critic at TIME Magazine; Terry Lawler, the former ED of NYWIFT; Priscila Garcia-Jacquier, screenwriter; and more!
