This blog was written by Girls Write Now mentee Soledad Aguilar-Colón who was inspired by fashion designer Julia Baylis at our Fashion and Memoir Workshop. Pastel colors and bodies of every type; black, brown, curvy, stretch marks and freckles were displayed across the Girls Write Now TV screen as college graduate and fashion designer Julia…
Inside the room where fashion and writing mix
This blog was written by Girls Write Now mentee Ilana Drake who learned so much from speakers Julia Baylis and Sarah Dohrmann during the Fashion and Memoir workshop in April. During the April Girls Write Now Writing and Mentoring Program workshop, all eyes were focused on the two speakers, Julia Baylis and Sarah Dohrmann, each…
Family Memoir Workshop with Mara Wilson
This blog post was written by Emily Yost, Senior Program Coordinator for the Writing & Mentoring Program. The family memoir workshop was on November 19, 2016. Our workshop space is warm. There is sunlight streaming through the windows of our 10th floor office, we have our group of almost 90 AM cohort mentees and mentors…
Coloring books and loving your hair: A mentee is inspired!
This blog post was written by Girls Write Now Mentee Zahraa Lopez about the Writing & Mentoring Program’s Memoir Workshop on November 21, featuring Dr. Laurie Jean Cannady and Andrea Pippins. Zahraa attended Andrea Pippins workshop, author of “I Love My Hair: A Coloring Book of Braids, Coils, and Doodle Dos.” When I walked into the Girls…
Memoir Workshop with Dr. Laurie Jean Cannady: Writing Your Truth
This blog post was written by Girls Write Now Mentee Sarane James about the Writing & Mentoring Program’s Memoir Workshop on November 21, featuring Dr. Laurie Jean Cannady and Andrea Pippins. Going into the workshop on Saturday, I honestly expected to struggle. Non-fiction writing is not my forte; I have a hard time thinking of significant…
“Stay True to That Conviction to Write”: Q&A with Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
We were thrilled to feature writer Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn as one of our craft talk authors at our memoir workshop on November 22, 2014. As our mentees focused on using significant places in their lives to develop their memoir writing, Nicole, who was born in Jamacia and lives in New York, spoke of her own experiences of…
Inside the Writers Studio: Digital Edition
It’s the first year of our exciting Digital Media Mentoring Program, with brand new pairs exploring writing through brand new mediums! At the end of every digital workshop — or “dorkshop” — mentees submit pieces from the session for their Portfolio. Our fall 2013 dorkshops focused on audio recording as a means to showcase writing…
Fall Reflections, from Opera to College and Beyond
We here at Girls Write Now are big believers in the power of writing to take you to where you’re going — and beyond. That’s why we pair writing with mentoring, with digital media education, and with college prep. This fall, our events and workshops have run the gamut, from audio journalism to romance fiction…
Soundtrack to Our Lives: Reflections on Audio Music Memoir
This post was written by Digital Media Mentor Ella Morton, who attended our Digital Media Mentoring Program Music Memoir Dorkshop. “I was chasing something. I thought a part of me was missing, and that I’d find it if I went looking. But when I came home, I still felt that there was a scrap of…
Author Courtney Smith Talks Truths v. Memories
Courtney Smith was the Craft Talk Author for the Music Memoir Workshop, October 26, 2013. Here Courtney writes about her own experiences at Girls Write Now! A question has stuck with me since my time speaking to the ladies at Girls Write Now. It’s one they posed to me, abut the memoir format: what role…