One Day: Rewriting Motherhood
Thursday May 2nd, 4 - 6 pm ET
Wondering how your motherhood (or lack thereof) story fits into a narrative that you can put out in the world? I didn’t know that I could write about my own unconventional path to becoming a mom because I hadn’t seen stories like mine before. But when I put pen to paper others began opening up about their stories too. In this class, we’ll read some of the best authors who have taken up the mantle of motherhood in their writing and do generative writing exercises on topics such as maternal dread, ambivalence, the pressures of parenting in a society that keeps score on social media, and how to write about the path to parenting in a way that will communicate your specific experience to a larger audience. Come ready to write about biological clocks, babies, and the battle to rewrite motherhood for ourselves.
Ruthie’s not only an accomplished editor, she’s a writer too. You can find her essays in Vogue, Glamour, O Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Salon, Slate, Newsweek, and more. Most recently, she was the Deputy Editor at ForbesWomen.
What You’ll Walk Away With…
• An invitation to my community of writers for resource sharing, edit exchanges, book/essay recommendations, first dibs on future classes and so much more
• A clear sense of the the themes that keep popping up in your writing
• Writing exercises to help get you unstuck no matter where your process takes you
• The building blocks of an essay that brings together all the elements you'll learn in class
• If you cannot make it to the live class, there will be a recording distributed in the days following–– I will send this to everyone who purchases.
Thursday May 2nd, 4 - 6 pm ET
Wondering how your motherhood (or lack thereof) story fits into a narrative that you can put out in the world? I didn’t know that I could write about my own unconventional path to becoming a mom because I hadn’t seen stories like mine before. But when I put pen to paper others began opening up about their stories too. In this class, we’ll read some of the best authors who have taken up the mantle of motherhood in their writing and do generative writing exercises on topics such as maternal dread, ambivalence, the pressures of parenting in a society that keeps score on social media, and how to write about the path to parenting in a way that will communicate your specific experience to a larger audience. Come ready to write about biological clocks, babies, and the battle to rewrite motherhood for ourselves.
Ruthie’s not only an accomplished editor, she’s a writer too. You can find her essays in Vogue, Glamour, O Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Salon, Slate, Newsweek, and more. Most recently, she was the Deputy Editor at ForbesWomen.
What You’ll Walk Away With…
• An invitation to my community of writers for resource sharing, edit exchanges, book/essay recommendations, first dibs on future classes and so much more
• A clear sense of the the themes that keep popping up in your writing
• Writing exercises to help get you unstuck no matter where your process takes you
• The building blocks of an essay that brings together all the elements you'll learn in class
• If you cannot make it to the live class, there will be a recording distributed in the days following–– I will send this to everyone who purchases.
Thursday May 2nd, 4 - 6 pm ET
Wondering how your motherhood (or lack thereof) story fits into a narrative that you can put out in the world? I didn’t know that I could write about my own unconventional path to becoming a mom because I hadn’t seen stories like mine before. But when I put pen to paper others began opening up about their stories too. In this class, we’ll read some of the best authors who have taken up the mantle of motherhood in their writing and do generative writing exercises on topics such as maternal dread, ambivalence, the pressures of parenting in a society that keeps score on social media, and how to write about the path to parenting in a way that will communicate your specific experience to a larger audience. Come ready to write about biological clocks, babies, and the battle to rewrite motherhood for ourselves.
Ruthie’s not only an accomplished editor, she’s a writer too. You can find her essays in Vogue, Glamour, O Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Salon, Slate, Newsweek, and more. Most recently, she was the Deputy Editor at ForbesWomen.
What You’ll Walk Away With…
• An invitation to my community of writers for resource sharing, edit exchanges, book/essay recommendations, first dibs on future classes and so much more
• A clear sense of the the themes that keep popping up in your writing
• Writing exercises to help get you unstuck no matter where your process takes you
• The building blocks of an essay that brings together all the elements you'll learn in class
• If you cannot make it to the live class, there will be a recording distributed in the days following–– I will send this to everyone who purchases.