P' POPPIN: PRODUCING A "PITCH" PERFECT PROPOSAL Led By Sesali Bowen

Saturday, August 6th, 2022 | 12 PM ET - 3 PM ET

Tuition | $50.00

Capacity: 20 Storytellers

If you're a writer with the goal of getting a body of work published, understanding how to create and present a proposal for your book is a must. However, most writers overlooked how useful a single proposal can be in not only securing a book deal, but streamlining the writing process, and marketing yourself as a writer. A book proposal, is more or less, a pitch: You're pitching your ideas, your writing, and yourself as an author. If your book proposal doesn't paint a clear picture of who you are, what your book is about, what's inside, and who it's for, it's not done yet. In this workshop, we'll go over the key components of a book proposal, taking time to flesh out some of the more important sections. We'll also talk through how to make the proposal work for you beyond the publishing process. We are going to gas ourselves up, gas up our work, lay out our building blocks, and find our literary kin. You will leave with a fully formed outline of your book proposal.

ABOUT THE FACULTY: Sesali Bowen (she/her) is a multifaceted writer, media personality, and cultural commentator with a knack for plus-sized style. She is the former Senior Entertainment Editor at NYLON magazine, one of the architects of Refinery29's Unbothered, and the author of the memoir/manifesto, Notes From A Trap Feminist (Amistad, 2021). Sesali is also the creator, producer, and co-host of Purse First, the podcast about female and queer rap. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, the New York Times, and InStyle. Sesali is currently freelance copywriting for companies like Netflix. She was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago and loves press on nails and direct deposits. She currently lives in New Jersey.

Partial and full scholarships are available. Email scholarship inquiries to Info@RootsWoundsWords.org. Explicitly state the scholarship (partial or full) you’re interested in.

Closed Captioning available. Like all RWW offerings, this space is for Black, Indigenous, Latinx/e, Asian, and other Storytellers of Color only. BIPOC Storytellers are centered here, exclusively.