Writing • Workshops • Services
Your Creative Journey, Illuminated
From the spark of an idea to a polished manuscript — IOV offers workshops and services designed to nurture every stage of your writing.
Workshops for People of Color
Community-centered workshops designed to nurture creativity, build connection, and help writers of color bring their stories to life.
Generative Writing
Monthly Series • People of Color
Theme-driven workshops with unique prompts drawn from visual art, song lyrics, poetry, and more. Walk away with new first-draft stories.
Draft Share with Feedback
Monthly Series • People of Color
Services for Writers of Color
Personalized support for writers ready to take their manuscript to the next level — from one-on-one coaching to facilitated reader groups.
One-on-one Coaching
Writers of color
Dedicated, personalized support for your writing journey. Details coming soon — reach out to learn more about this developing offering.
Beta Reading
Writers of color
Congratulations! Your draft is nearly finished! You are ready to have a supportive and objective reader for your project. You are open to input with the expectation that additional work still lies ahead.
If your project is at this stage and you are interested in engaging with this level of support, let's set up an initial call to explore options and determine if we’re a good professional match.
Facilitated Beta Reading Group
Writers of Color
Congratulations! You are done with your draft! You are ready to have a peer group of supportive and objective readers delve into your project and give you feedback. This sounds awesome! Can I just ask my friends to read my draft? Or my co-worker’s book club? You could. Or…
Illuminating Our Voices (IOV) provides a structured and streamlined approach to nurture your project while promoting growth and accountability, enabling you, the writer, to focus on writing, listening, editing and rewriting.
Services include:
- Set goals for the reading process.
- Identify peer readers representative of the target market.
- Coordinate behind the scenes logistics.
- Design a framework for, facilitation of, and momentum for enjoyable and effective discussions.
- Assist with processing feedback and designing the revision process.
If your project is at this stage and you are interested in engaging with this level of support, let's set up an initial call to explore options and determine if we’re a good professional match.