An Interview Podcast
Speaking in First Draft
Season 3 Debuts on March 5th!
First released in September 2023, members of the Girls Write Now community share a draft of one of their works in progress and discuss both the writing process and what creative expression looks like to them. Listeners will have the opportunity to engage with the inner machinations and perspectives of writers, producers, and artists from a diversity of episodes and stories.
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A poem that traces my memory through color.
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The Odd One Out
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Yellow Lines
The melting of ice in lemonade. The feeling of watching yourself from the outside as reality begins to unfold. The moments that occur after impatience.
Papi
I forgive you
things i wish trees could do
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