An Interview Podcast
Speaking in First Draft
Season 4 Debuts on March 4th!
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.
Listen to Speaking in First Draft
Listen to Speaking in First Draft
When you laugh, you defy death…Rachel Bloom’s Life@GWN
During the height of the pandemic, Rachel Bloom gave birth to her firstborn, with complications that put her daughter in the NICU, and suffered the loss of her longtime friend and collaborator Adam Schlesinger to complications with COVID-19 as the world grappled with grief and transformation on an unprecedented scale.
Peaches & Ladders: Climbing as a First-Gen Daughter
As a first-generation daughter of immigrants, I was taught that hard work was the key to everything. But in chasing success, I began to question whether work should define my worth, or my life.
Burning and Being
A reflection on the fierce, untamed energy of Summer and the quiet struggle of an anxious mind seeking balance between intensity and rest. A journey through heat, rain, and the need to pause.
The Artist in Me is Finally Being Fed… Kayla Dudley’s Life@GWN
Kayla Dudley lives on art; it is her energy, what she constantly consumes. Admittedly, she couldn’t go a day without
Speaking on Shifting from Chasing to Living: The Ambition Trap
Featured Guests: Vahni Kurra and Amina AlTai In this episode, we’re diving into how writing can help you step into
Make the World Feel a Little More Hopeful…Ayah Al-Masyabi’s Life@GWN
Meet Ayah Al-Masyabi, a Girls Write Now mentee since 2021 whose journey through creativity and self-discovery has been deeply shaped
Lessons in Pottery and Growing Up
This piece was created to honor by my childhood spent with my grandmother!!
I Wonder How My Eighth Grade Art Teacher Would Feel About This
A personal essay on perfectionism, art, and not being able to let things go.
How to Dance on Broken Glass
How have girls and women risen up against oppression throughout history?
I’m afraid you’ll end up seeing me the way I see myself
Here are the things I don't want anyone else to know. Here is the person I don't anyone else to see.
