This month, we aim to help members use poetry as a tool for upliftment in times of uncertainty and doubt. The goal is to show how poetry can be a bearer of light in dark times, while also inspiring members to harness that light through the creation of their own verses!
This month, participants will navigate scene writing through a scoring approach. They will explore writing scenes alongside music to guide the direction of the scene.
This month, we’ll discuss the relationship between sense of place and genre. We’ll explore how to use details of where and when a scene takes place to create a compelling, genre-specific mood.
This Community Studio is designed as a supportive working session for participants to develop their application materials—whether for undergraduate college or MFA program applications. The hour will focus on peer feedback, collaborative writing, and reflection.
In this IV Teach Committee Studio, participants will reflect on their experiences as educators, students, mentees, and mentors; share updates on current teaching initiatives; and identify areas where deeper educational support is needed within the Girls Write Now community.
Though Pride Month may be over, GWN remains committed to supporting and empowering our LGBTQIA+ community members to help us figure out where we’re going.
This month, we’ll identify and validate those awkward moments of mentoring — silence in conversation, ghosting — and talk through how to weather them. We’ll also fortify ourselves with humor and confidence we can draw upon in those moments.
This is a poetry generative writing workshop directed towards writers of all levels!
A spellbinding story of love, loss, and the impossible—Open takes the stage Off-Broadway July 8–27 as a recipient of the WP Space Program. Join us on July 24th for a magic show to cap off your night at the theatre!
This month, we’ll use Gibb’s or Kolb’s reflective cycles, originally concepts from psychology, to help develop a structure for a reflective essay and gain a better understanding of experiences that we seek to write about.
