For the first time, We Write! is proud to announce Nurturing Narratives: A Beginner's Year-Long Journey in Storytelling. We are offering this creative writing cohort, to a small group of emerging Asian American Pacific Islander writers, who will meet five times a year, online, to create a safe space to write their story. At WeWrite!, we believe everyone has a story. The more we write our stories, the more we diversify what is currently available. This class aims to spark the creative writer within, create a supportive environment, and encourage participants to not only write but share their story.
The cohort will devote a year to improving their craft and process. We will meet once a quarter, which is designed to give writers personal time to develop their craft between classes. During class, the cohort will be part of a supportive community and read published work by underrepresented writers and respond to writing prompts which are aimed to help them achieve their writing goals. There will be reserved time for those who want to share their work with the group. Each class will focus on literary elements of storytelling through different published works. During our last class in December, we will celebrate our progress and focus on future writing goals. No prior creative writing experience is required to be part of the cohort. While we celebrate publication, sometimes the hardest part of writing is actuality starting. Nurturing Narratives celebrates taking that first step.
Participants will be invited to WeWrite!’s annual Salon/ Showcase in June 2025, where writers will have the opportunity to share some of their work with the audience. The Salon will be in person in Las Vegas, but there will be an online option for those who cannot attend.
Cohort participants were selected based on their responses to the application. We prioritized past attendees of WeWrite events and then opened it up to the public.
Nurturing Narratives is a free program.
WeWrite! is thrilled to present the 2024 Nurturing Narratives Cohort
A. Rae Quintos
joined the Nurturing Narratives cohort because she wanted to sharpen her skills and segue from writing screenplays into writing her first novel in community with others
Caroline Cuevas
I joined the Nurturing Narratives class to support my creative growth and goals. I have always felt that there is a story in me that I want to write. Life has ways of keeping you occupied and not exactly supporting our creative sides. Joining this cohort is me supporting myself.
Thank you for this class and for the inspiration!
Gabriel Peralta
Writing has always been an insular activity, so to find a creative community with possible shared cultural experiences is a welcome opportunity.
Huong Nguyen
I am joining Nurturing Narratives as I want to become a better storyteller and writer for personal and work. This cohort will also help me put in writing and tell my story of starting menopause at an early age for many women who still have to figure it out on their own and for the community around her.
Michelle Nebres
It has been a lifelong goal of mine to write a story based on and inspired by my grandparents.
Ramil Ferro
It's a curse and a blessing. It's been a curse to have all these stories trapped in my imagination and not be able to share it with anyone. I joined WeWrite! so I can be in a group with people on the same journey, to be inspired and mentored, and turn the curse into a blessing.
Congratulations to the 2024 Nurturing Narratives Cohort!
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