FREE (UR) WRITING with Alex
Hi! Finding time to write can be difficult. That’s why I’ve scheduled a chance to share space with writers who are developing, who have been practicing, and who have been published far and wide! All ages, styles, and genres.
The Rotunda is a third space that can be transformed. It can be liminal or maximalist, depending on the event. Here we will have snacks, some very soft film score music (or not– depending on the group!), and casual socializing, creating a free third space to meet writers, co-write, and even get feedback on the work.
We’ll start with a workshop designed to answer some questions we may not be thinking about directly when it comes to our writing practice. Then move on to free writing and co-writing with friends, newly met and old. Sounds fun doesn’t it?
Doors: 6:00pm
Workshop and QnA: 6:15
Free Write/Co-write: 7:00-8:00pm
Reading: 8pm
Things to think about:
**what are your writing goals
**is your work public facing?
**how in your head are you and does it translate on the page?
**are you reading? and who are you reading?
**how does genre constrict you?
**what’s this political and social climate doing to affect your writing?
**are you allowing yourself space to play in your writing?
HOST: Alex Smith, Pew Award Grantee and published Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Afrofuturist writer, thinker, activist, artist. Smith has been published in anthologies like Black Quantum Futurism, The Black Fantastic (Library of America), Island (Image Comics), Stories for Chip (Rosarium) and Black Punk Now (Soft Skull). He’s worked for Bandcamp, Pitchfork, Philly Artblog and WXPN/The Key for art and cultural criticism. He also creates queer/Afrofuturist collage art and music. His story collection ARKDUST is out on Rosarium Publishing.
This event is FREE with any donations being greatly appreciated.