Raise Your Voice!
A Women’s HerStory Month Free Virtual Writing Course
LIVE on ZOOM!
Mondays in March, at 6:30 pm
Join the 30-minute conversation, 3/8 – 3/29
Register here for the 3/29 Zoom class
Recorded class will be available on Facebook.com/hobokenplnj, with podcasts, exercises
Join Head Grrrl Diane Rubino, who’s taught writing at NYU and Columbia, for Grrrltalk, conversations with storytellers, writing coaches, promotional gurus.
- Week 1 || Monday 3/8 ~ https://youtu.be/bhXzIu1RyEI – Use Your Outdoor Voice: Memoir Writing for Resilience
- Week 2 || Monday 3/15 ~ https://youtu.be/JrepcsgaXWw – Tell Me a Story: Memoir Writing for Resilience
- Live session with Edith Updike, longtime writer, editor and educator
- Bonus track: Jasmine Simpson, RN, APN of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, discusses nursing, storytelling, and being inspired (7-minute audio clip)
- Week 3 || Monday 3/22 ~ https://youtu.be/xfQJCzmTyIs – Writing Better, Fast and Slow: Memoir Writing for Resilience
- Storytellers & Dreamers: Young Women Speak
- Kira Seale and Tayeba Hussain discuss their writing process
- Bonus track: Anya Tudisco from The OpEd Project, a social enterprise whose mission is to change who writes history
- Week 4 || Monday, March 29 Make Yourself Famous (No one else will!)
- A conversation with literary public relations guru Jill Siegel and marketing/branding expert Rana Campbell, Founder/CEO, Dreams In Drive
- Bonus Track: Journalist and novelist Christopher Ruel talks about writing to support women/gender justice + a few of his best tips to get started
There’s more! Weekly OMO (on my own) creativity boosting + writing exercises.
And more! Special Collections/Voices: short, pre-recorded interviews with experts about writing forms (genealogy & storytelling; blogging) or those with unique voices (nurse, men supporting women)
Aim: A publishable personal narrative by the end of March – or your own goal.
Resources and podcast links for recordings from class one, held on Monday March 8
- Telling your family’s story with genealogy with Laurie Tvedt https://soundcloud.com/user-692743978/raiseyourvoice_genealogy
- Writers Maisy Card and Caren Lissner offer advice on taking your first writing steps. https://soundcloud.com/user-692743978/rtv-interview-new-writers
Click here for a printable “Raise Your Voice” guide.
Posted 3/9/2021 -MC
Updated 3/21/2021 -MC