Editing & Feedback Writing Workshop
IN-PERSON
Welcome to winter!!! Why write alone when we can do it together!!! A couple months into our writing season, and we have been writing and developing like crazy. At some point, we stop and look around and wonder, “Am I ever going to finish this? Is it any good? How do I make this better? Oh god, which one do I choose?”
In this 4-hour, weekend workshop, we will be working in small groups, we will be editing and providing feedback on each other’s stuff. Each group will be led by a community member who will guide the group in editing, feedback, and revision techniques that each writer can apply to their craft.
What will I learn?
How to provide constructive feedback
How to apply revision techniques
How to advance one’s craft
How to participate in group discussions
How to collaborate in writing circles
What will I need?
5 Pages of Work Maximum (poetry, a short story, novel excerpt, script, etc.). Please double space longer prose texts)
Bring a digital copy of your work OR 4-5 printed copies (For physical copies, you are more than welcome to email us no later than 24 hours beforehand and we can print it for you. Please email womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com Subject Line: Workshop Printing Please :)).
Something to Write with/on (pen/laptop/etc.)
Who is the workshop for?
The workshop is for any level writer looking to improve their craft. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. If bringing a non-English work, please bring an English, German, or Italian translation. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the Kreuzberg area. The location is not wheelchair accessible.
We do not correct grammar! We speak multiple languages and codes. You agree to adhere to the protection of ideas and intellectual properties act which means that we are creating a safe space to share our ideas without the fear of them being stolen, ripped off, copied, adapted, appropriated or taken by someone else.
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Who are your Workshop Leaders?
Donjeta Hasani is the daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefor wants to spread the good vibes further.
Allia Sadeghipour is is a queer Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk, poet and Drag King. She is President of the Women Writing Berlin Lab e.V. and has taught workshops locally and internationally for GLADT and Feminist film organizations.
She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), Salty World (2022) and much more. She has had the honor of performing for Pop-Kultur, GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, SO36, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival.