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Muli Amaye

The Black Woman Writer's Toolbox | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop

$129.00

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 The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox, 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 one-day course, 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.

1 class session
Saturday, November 14
10a-1p ET
7a-10a PT
9a-12p 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.

    Course Takeaways

    • How to develop character
    • Using the right language for setting
    • How to be bold with storytelling
    • How to develop voice
    • The importance of sentence length and structure

    Course Expectations

    • Students should come ready to write and to read their work. We will undertake a variety of exercises that can be used to develop your writing during the course and beyond.

    For Classes: We offer full refunds for cancellation with written notice up until 7 days before your class start date. From 6 days to more than 24 hours before class begins, we offer a 25% refund. If you drop a class less than 24 hours before the class begins or after it has started, you are ineligible for a refund.

    The Write-In Bundle is non-refundable once purchased. If you are unable to attend a session, your spot is held and you are welcome to attend any remaining sessions in the bundle period.

    By signing up for a class, you agree to our refund policy and code of conduct here.
    Meet Your Instructor

    Muli Amaye

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    Muli Amaye is a novelist and short story writer and sometime poet. She is the coordinator of the MFA Creative Writing at The University of The West Indies, Trinidad. She gained a PhD at Lancaster University, UK in creative writing. In addition to university teaching, she has ten years of experience working in the community with various writing projects. Her interests center around women, memory, migration, diaspora, and belonging. She has numerous short stories published in anthologies and her debut novel, A House With No Angels, is published by Crocus Press, 2019.