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THE MULTICULTURAL WOMEN WRITERS SALON . . .

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WHAT YOU RECEIVE AS A SALON PARTICIPANT

LEARN AUTHORSHIP SKILLS

The Multicultural Women Writers Salon runs on a six-month cycle, April through September. Every lesson builds on the last, from your first story idea in the spring to a professionally published journal and public reading by autumn. Below is the full curriculum. You do not need prior writing experience to begin. You need a story worth telling, and commitment to the work of telling it well.

Participants receive professional mentorship from an instructor with decades of storytelling experience, community support from a cohort of multicultural women writers, research assistance, coaching through writing and revision, and a professionally published full-color journal, to share with family, friends, and community as a legacy document.

What is a Salon?
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A Need for Multicultural Stories
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Multicultural Women Writers Salon - 2026 Curriculum

*Lesson*	*Schedule of Activities*	FY 2026 Promotions Jan-Feb	FY 2026 Module 1 Mar-Apr	FY 2026 Module 2 May-Jun	FY 2026 Module 3 Jul-Aug	FY 2026 Module 4 Sep-Oct	FY 2026 Module 5 Nov-Dec
	ALTERNATE LOCATIONS	Program Prep	Recruitment	Writing Editing	Final Edits	Publication	Readings
	Program Development & Recruitment	Participants start in-person, then meet in live webinars and graduate by reading in person
	MODULE 1 FOUNDATIONS: find your story, understand your audience & learn the structure that makes narratives work.
1	Online meetings & what to expect		√	√
2	Brainstorming a story & its purpose		√	√
3	Planning a story via storyboarding		√	√
4	Who is your audience, what is their need?		√	√
	MODULE 2 CRAFT: build characters, render settings, and master the scene structure that brings your story to life.
5	Does your story serve your audience?		√	√
6	Storytelling: intro, middle, close		√	√	√
7	Deriving facts from family lore, genealogy		√	√	√
8	Main character, giving them presence		√	√	√
	MODULE 3 REVISION: refine every sentence until the story on the page matches the story you are carrying.
9	Stories within a story describing people		√	√	√
10	Supporting characters, giving them voice		√	√	√
11	Characters that leave or stay throughout		√	√	√
12	Photos, art & more - overview of place		√	√	√
13	Scenery\settings foreground\background		√	√	√
14	3 Point Scene, open, middle, conclusion		√	√	√
15	Describing the scenery for each part		√	√	√
16	Segues, prequels, sequences & endings		√	√	√
17	Part 1 above, Part 2 above, Part 3 above		√	√	√
18	How does your main character win?		√	√	√
19	What supporting characters win?		√	√	√
	MODULE 4 PUBLICATION: your story becomes a professionally printed and archived journal.
20	Edit sequences, sentences & punctuation		√	√	√
21	Edit sequences, sentences & punctuation		√	√	√
22	Edit Final Publication		√	√	√	√
	MODULE 5 READINGS & OUTREACH: present work publicly, launch it into your community & become a published author.
23	Publish Journals					√	√
24	Public Speaking & Storytelling					√	√
25	Presenting Your Story					√	√