The Rewind storytelling workshop: Family Stories

Thu May 21 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-04:00

DC Writers’ Salon | Washington

The Rewind
Publisher/HostThe Rewind
The Rewind storytelling workshop: Family Stories
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The Rewind's bi-monthly workshops are playful, hands-on creative jams to help you discover and craft true, personal stories from your life.
About this Event

This month, we’re exploring family stories: from the ones you’ve told a hundred times to the ones you’re not sure you’re allowed to tell, and the ones you didn’t realize were stories at all.

Family stories are often our richest material... and also our trickiest. They come with hefty backlog of context: complex characters, long histories, and big emotions. How do you shape something so familiar into a seven-minute story?

The evening will include:

  • story-discovery prompts
  • small group work and feedback

As always, there will be pizza. BYOB!

Please RSVP if you plan to come so we can get an accurate pizza count. Email with any questions.


Agenda
Welcome and Pizza
Intros and Watch Model Story
Story Beginning Tips
Story Brainstorm and Small Group Share
Break
Story Beginning Small Group-Work
Wrap-up
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

DC Writers’ Salon, 1807 18th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

Tickets

USD 8.00

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