First Draft: A Literary Social with Dana de Greff

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal virtual writing events that turn happy hours into great stories.

A guided writing prompt with a twist.

Because writing is thirsty work.

Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story.

You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!

Instructor: Dana de Greff
Theme: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday

This interactive event will offer insight into how to find inspiration, as well as several generative writing exercises. Join us if you’re writing or always wanted to try your hand at creative writing; you’re feeling stuck as a creative; you want an expanded sense of what is possible in your work in 2022 and beyond!

DANA DE GREFF is the author of Alterations, winner of the Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series. She has taught Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Miami, Books & Books, The Loft Literary Center, Austin Bat Cave, Writing Workshops, and Writers.com. She’s the recipient of a 2021 Pushcart Prize Nomination and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 Key West Literary Seminar’s Marianne Russo Award for her novel-in-progress, Everyday Mysticism. Her work has appeared in Islandia Journal, Cosmonauts Avenue, PANK, Origins Journal, and Gulf Stream Magazine, among others.

As the CEO and Founder of De Greff Writers, Dana also works with emerging and established writers, helping them bring their books to life through creative tools, publishing insight, and mentorship. Her first nonfiction book, WORDS AND WONDER, will be out March 1, 2022.