October 3-28

As authors, we often hear, “Write what you know.” But our stories may include characters who are not like ourselves. In this October workshop, award-winning author Alex Temblador will address the challenges of portraying characters from historically marginalized racial and ethnic identities. Topics will include unconscious bias, conscious character building, skin tones, preferred terms of identity, stereotypes and cliches, writing discrimination scenes, dialogue and identity, intersectionalism, and much more.  Through self-reflection, participants will face their own biases and learn concrete tools for portraying characters with diverse ethnic or racial identities.

The workshop will be conducted over the course of four weeks, with a live online class each Monday evening at 8 pm Eastern Time. Participants will post their homework on the Forum for discussion with fellow writers and feedback from the instructor throughout the week.

Registration will be open from September 5-26.

Watch for the link on the WFWA Website, Facebook, and upcoming newsletter.