Masterclass: The Black Woman Writer's Toolbox | 4-week Writing Workshop

Writing Black is different. There are layers for us to peel back to be confident in our production of fully rounded, flawed, wonderful characters.

How do we write ourselves on the page? Which parts of us do we show, which do we hide? Have we slipped into stereotypes of what the world says we should be?

In our Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox Masterclass, begin the journey of discovering your power on the page.

Looking at different aspects of what makes up a story, we will explore how to create characters that live and breathe, produce a setting that tastes like grandma’s cooking, and mold words toward the sounds we want them to make on the page, with all the color of carnival and the sharpness of diamonds.

When we write ourselves, we have to undo the years of representation that do not speak to our truths. We have to draw our characters to the center of the page and allow them to grow, fail, be fully rounded, wonderful, or even a scoundrel. On our own terms. 

During this 4-week class, we will grow together in a supportive, non-judgmental space. From producing characters and writing setting, to thinking about point of view and voice, you will learn organically through practice.

You will write, read, listen, and share, leaving with an understanding of how to better shape your stories into being.

Open to beginner and intermediate Black women writers.

4 class sessions
Sundays, January 24-February 14
1p-3:30p ET
10a-12:30p PT
12p-2:30p CT

All class meetings will be held via Zoom. For more information on how to download or use Zoom, please click here. Please note: At this time, to protect the confidentiality of the space and sharing of students' work, classes are not recorded.