a website & community for women who write & blog
Iyanla Vanzant once said, “When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.”
The truth of this statement hit home for me when I began to share the story of my cancer diagnosis.
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This 6-week writing workshop series (hosted live via Zoom) will guide you through writing several brief personal narratives that you can later pitch to your favorite publication, adapt into a blog post, or use to jumpstart your book project. Throughout the workshop, you will also get feedback on your work from me and other workshop participants.
Here’s what to expect each week:
You’ll also get two 30-minute 1:1 sessions with me.
The final workshop will also include tips on how to get your work published.
In case you’re new around here, my name is Javacia Harris Bowser and I am an award-winning freelance journalist, essayist, and blogger and the founder of See Jane Write — a website and community for women who write and blog. I’m the author of the essay collection Find Your Way Back: How to Write Your Way Through Anything and a 2022 recipient of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Prose. I’ve written monthly columns for two magazines and written first-person reported essays for a number of publications including ELLE magazine.
I have 20 years of professional journalism experience, two journalism degrees and I also taught English for 10 years. So, as you write your pieces, I can help you with grammar and grit!
So let’s do this!
We will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. CT on the following dates:
June 23 and 30
July 7, 14, 21, and 28
I’m only accepting 10 participants for this workshop.
Workshop Cost: $500 or two payments of $250 (Collective members, before purchasing, email me for details on your member discount.)
If you have questions, send them to javacia@seejanewritebham.com.
Should you create a writing routine or just write when you’re inspired?
A great writer, some sources say it was William Faulkner, once said, “I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp.”
I love this quote because it speaks to the power – and necessity – of creating a writing routine.
Waiting for inspiration to hit before you write isn’t going to help you achieve your writing goals. But creating and sticking to a writing routine will.
You can finally create a writing regimen of your own with these simple steps.
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Zora Neale Hurston once said, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” I can already tell that 2021 will be a year of answers. Here are 3 things I learned this month.
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I always encourage the women of See Jane Write to jot down 10 ideas every day to keep their creativity muscles toned.
Where can you find inspiration for 10 new ideas every single day? EVERYWHERE. Everything that you read, watch, and listen to can be inspiration. The things you’re thinking about and obsessing over can turn into stories, essays, articles, or even poems.
That’s why I love to share with you what I’m into.
Here’s what I’m currently reading, watching, listening to, planning, loving, and obsessing over.
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