Writing Workshop: Write Like Taylor Swift (In-Person & Virtual)

IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE

ABOUT
Back by popular demand (with new activities)! Whether you’re a Taylor Swift fan or not, it’s plain to see that Taylor is one of our generation’s most prolific songwriters, and there’s a lot we can take from her approach and incorporate into our own writing. In this generative writing class, we’ll look at the way Taylor uses figurative language in her lyrics and find ways to bring her colorful metaphors and layered meaning into our own writing. We’ll mimic her approach in three different songs to create our own deeply personal pieces. If you’re not a Swiftie, don’t worry… you might be after this workshop!

INSTRUCTOR
Shelley Mann Hite is a Columbus, Ohio-based writer and editor. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Rumpus, HuffPost, Motherwell, Stonecrop Review, and more, and she is working on a memoir manuscript. She is a prose editor for Typehouse Literary Magazine, and co-founder of the Columbus Women’s Writing Group. She got her start in journalism, and previously was an editor at Columbus Crave and Columbus Alive.

Learn more and register: https://www.thurberhouse.org/adult-writing-workshops-summer-2025

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