Write the World

This monthly, two-hour virtual writing workshop series emerges from Nandita’s book Creative Writing and the Experiences of Others.

Designed to be intentionally intergenerational, each session will explore one unique strategy that participants can use to engage — ethically, responsibly, and humbly — with experiences outside their own.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Yes! However, since the workshops include participants from contexts that have different legal/policy requirements regarding programs involving minors:

    • Participants younger than 18 are requested to have their parental/ legal guardian sign this form. Please email the signed form and a copy of your ID to nanditadinesh@gmail.com.

    • The suggested minimum age for participation is 15. If you are younger than 15 and still want to participate, please reach out to Nandita at the email address above, copying your parent or guardian in the message. Let’s talk and see if the workshop structure/content will work for you!

  • Absolutely not! Writing is simply the method we will use to reflect on the news and current events. Participants will also be welcome to write in a language of their preference, not only English.

  • The first Saturday of every month from January through December 2025, 11 AM to 1 PM US Pacific Time (1900 hrs UTC).

  • You will be invited to choose a current news story to focus on during each session, offering a way to channel the overwhelm and helplessness that often comes from engaging with the news into meaningful creative reflection. You do not need to prepare anything in advance.

  • No. You can attend all twelve sessions or just one. Each workshop can be experienced independently, though they also complement one another if attended as a series. 

    • All you need to do is purchase a yearly subscription to Nandita’s Substack, which costs $50/year.

      • With this subscription, you will receive weekly writing from Nandita, and access to one Write the World workshop a month (i.e., 12 workshops in 2025 for $50).

      • If the yearly subscription is not possible, please consider paying a monthly subscription on Substack ($5/month) for however long you can afford to do so. You will have access to the writing and workshops for the months that you subscribe.

    • If you enjoy the writing and the workshops, if you can afford to pay more than $50/year, please consider gifting one/more subscriptions to Nandita’s Substack to someone in your networks who might be interested in this work.

      • The subscribers you bring in will also get access to the writing & workshops, helping grow this intentional community of people who want to think creatively and complexly about what’s happening in the world.

    • If you are able to/would like to pay more than the subscription cost but don’t want to deal with the logistics of getting/gifting subscriptions, you can contribute directly using the Donate link at the bottom of this page. If you are in the US and Venmo would be easier than Paypal, please get in touch with Nandita for the necessary information.