This workshop is designed to provide tools to emerging writers and experienced writers who want to elevate their storytelling skills. Cheryl will define nonfiction, discuss the literary building blocks, and teach you how to research your desired subject. Next, you will be given methods of conducting oral interviews, organize your research and develop intriguing prose.
Cheryl will show you how to market your work, find inspiration and creative ways to build upon your narrative.
April 18 from 12-2pm
Yellow Arrow House, 335 S Conkling St, Baltimore, MD 21224
Refreshments provided
About the instructor:
After curating an exhibit of photos from photographer, John W. Mosley for her thesis project, Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks completed her first book, Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach (Sunbury Press) in 2017, which was nominated for a 2017 Literary Award with the Schomburg Center in New York City, used in classrooms at Purdue University and referenced in The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies. Cheryl has been involved in speaking engagements discussing Chicken Bone Beach, including an event called, Black Girl Beach Day which took place on the sands of historical Chicken Bone Beach, Rowan University, and the Atlantic City Historical Museum. Cheryl has been interviewed by several newspapers such as the Philadelphia Tribune, celebrity strategist and on-air radio personality Dyana Williams of Philadelphia’s Radio One, IHeart Radio, podcasts, and online radio stations. Cheryl has also been featured in Currents Magazine, and Lancaster Magazine, Cheryl completed her Masters of Arts in American Studies at Pennsylvania State University in 2016, but her passion for writing began as a child and won her a Martha Holden Jennings Essay Scholarship in high school and another essay scholarship from the National Black MBA Association while pursuing her Masters from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Cheryl is also a professional vocalist, writing songs for her own music projects as well as other artists.
