Literary Futures

The Word’s LITERARY FUTURES is a free, 3-session cohort program that includes writing sessions, insights , and workshopping with fellow writers to find community connection and connection to their individual voices. This program is perfect for writers looking to build confidence, knowledge, and community.
SESSION ONE: CONNECTING TO YOUR VOICE

• Introduction to The Word and writing resources
• Talk from a local author on the process of finding and connecting with one’s writing journey
• Prompted writing session

SESSION TWO - PUBLISHING GOALS (VIRTUAL)

• Introduction to publishing talk with an experienced agent
• Discussion led by The Word on generating questions or a pitch to present to agent
• 5 to 10-minute sessions with agent, 1-1 with individual participants, and concurrent writing sessions

SESSION THREE - CONNECTING TO COMMUNITY

• Talk from a local author describing their writing and publishing journey
• Recap and takeaways
• Open mic with participants reading from the items created during the first two sessions
• Community gathering and meet with fellow writers. This session will be open to a wider of community who participate in The Word’s various community meet-ups to ensure that participants in the program meet a wider array of local writers

NOTE: Registration for this workshop series includes all 3 dates.

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