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    • Community Studios

    Pancakes vs. Waffles: Argumentative Writing

    In this lesson, participants will learn what it takes to fortify a passive hot-take into an active argument via op-eds and argumentative essays.

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    • Salon Series

    Give Me Ten! A Salon on Writing a 10-Minute Play in 10 Minutes

    This fall, Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play opens on Broadway with Manhattan Theatre Club—her second play there, after Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, which earned five Tony nominations. At this Girls Write Now Salon, she tells you how a dancer and actor became a playwright. Then she hands you a prompt and a clock. The challenge: write a 10-minute play in 10 minutes.

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    • Community Studios

    Fantasy Framework: The Art of Worldbuilding

    Magic systems are an integral part of fantasy stories; from shapeshifting dragons to governments that position armies of great power to manipulate with the mind. Power and magic can take many forms and through this workshop, participants will learn to develop systems unique to their stories.

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    • Community Studios

    All Aboard: Sailing Across Scholarships, Fellowships, and Friendship

    In this session, participants will learn how to sustain and grow their creative network. Using the University of Chapel Hill’s The Thomas Wolfe Scholarship (a full-ride creative writing scholarship), participants will brainstorm a list of teachers, mentors, supervisors, and more who can speak about their creativity and ambition. Participants will also learn the art of the cold email to connect with writers and artists not in their network.

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    • Community Studios

    Creating Through Uncertainty

    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.

    • Special Events

    Fresh Mouth Stand-Up Comedy Showcase

    Join us for an afternoon of laughs, empowerment, and celebration! This showcase is the culminating event of our “Fresh Mouth:

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    • Community Studios

    CS #15: Change Makers, Initiative Takers: How to Harmonize

    A marching band only works when every section commits to the same downbeat. In our final session, we move from leading ourselves to leading in community (building cultures of shared credit, honest accountability, and mutual care) and each write a Community Leadership Credo that carries our values, our rewritten narratives, and our commitments beyond this studio.