Download — MasterClass – Roxane Gay Teaches Writing for Social Change
Bestselling author, professor, and New York Times columnist Roxane Gay has connected to readers around the world with her unyielding truth-telling and highly personal feminism. In her MasterClass, she teaches you how to own your identity, hone your voice, write about trauma with care and courage, and navigate the publishing industry. Learn how to document and narrate the world as you see it—and then demand change.
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1. Meet Your Instructor
2. Writing as a Black Feminist
3. Challenging Ideas and Changing Minds
4. Getting Started as a Writer
5. Roxane’s Writing Process
6. Roxane’s Writing Toolbox
7. Research
8. Self-Editing: Re-Visioning Your Work
9. Consuming and Criticizing Culture
10. Writing About Trauma
11. Writer’s Workshop: Feedback
12. Writer’s Workshop: Common Ground
13. Writer’s Workshop: Finding Your Voice
14. Engaging With Your Readers
15. Having a Day Job
16. The Business of Writing
17. Finding an Agent
18. Getting Published
19. Becoming a Good Literary Citizen
20. Moving Forward
