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delighted to announce a live event and summer workshops!
Regular programming resumes Thursday with an interview with Lady Parts filmmaker Bonnie Gross, but in the meantime, two announcements:
My favorite bar-owner and dear friend Kaarin Von invited me to do this, at my favorite bar, and I said yes:
AN EVENING WITH MO OGRODNIK
in conversation with BROOKE BERMAN
Downstairs at Von Bar
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
6-8pm
Mo Ogrodnik is a filmmaker, writer, and professor whose time living and working in Abu Dhabi, in addition to research in the Philipines and Ethiopia, inspired and informed her just published debut novel, Gulf.
Brooke Berman is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and memoirist whose work has been produced and published across the US and abroad. Her latest feature, Ramona at Midlife, is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and AppleTV.
“Mo Ogrodnick is a gifted, arresting newcomer to the
literary landscape.” —Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit From the Goon Squad
“Brooke Berman is the Real Deal: a miraculous, soul-seeking, honest artist .”
—Rebecca Walker, author of Baby Love, Women Talk Money, Black Cool…
A N D:
BB SUMMER WORKSHOPS
One-day workshops. Come to any one a la carte or the entire series!
Weds 6/4, 10AM-1PM EST Zoom: OMG NOW WHAT? Take stock of your imagination and bring your inner voice to the surface. What are you writing now? What does your inner life want to say? AND …in what form do you want to tell this story? Is it a play, a movie, episodic content, a podcast…? This is the day to explore the raw materials and make some choices about the form they’ll take.
Weds 6/11: 10AM-1PM EST Zoom: Writing Midlife: Tell Your New Story! How has your voice evolved over time? How does time show up in your work and how has the “I” evolved? What new stories are lurking just under the surface of your old ones?
Friday 6/27 and Saturday 6/28, 1pm-4pm EST Zoom: The Rewrite Lab Tips and tricks for turning your messy first draft into something really great! My ebook Nine Juicy Weeks to a Wonderfully Imperfect First Draft (only 2.99 on Amazon!) gives you the first step, get that messy first draft out of your head and onto the page, but then… you need a thorough process for crafting a solid story from the mess. I refined this process with theater director Josh Hecht and use it in every single one of my projects!
PLUS: Wednesdays in July, times TBD
July 2, 9, 16 writing exercises and page-sharing, topics include time, place, structure, dialogue, conflict.
By demand only: How I Did It (and you can too!) Indie film production tools.
Currently these classes are offered via Zoom with the possibility of in-person meetups in New York in July.
COST OF WORKSHOPS: 250/one, 650 for three, 800 for four.