First Draft: A Literary Social with Muriel Leung

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.

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

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: Muriel Leung
Theme: The Art of Failure

How many times have we chucked draft after draft into the (virtual) bin? Stared into the oblivion of a blank page? Take a moment from your stuckness to write alongside your peers and embrace the subtle art of failure. In this literary social, we will talk about getting over writing blocks and how to cultivate more resiliency in our pursuit of a fulfilling writing life, trying on writing prompts that will get our creative engines going once again.

From Queens, NY, Muriel Leung is the author of the forthcoming novel How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster (W.W. Norton & Company). She is also the author of several collections of hybrid poetry that include Poetry Society of America’s 2022 Four Quartets Prize winning Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books) as well as Bone Confetti (Noemi Press) and Images Seen to Images Felt (Antenna) in collaboration with artist Kristine Thompson. She is a recipient of fellowships to Kundiman, VONA/Voices Workshop and the Community of Writers. She received her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from University of Southern California where she was an Andrew W. Mellon Humanities in a Digital World fellow.
From Queens, NY, Muriel Leung is the author of the forthcoming novel How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster (W.W. Norton & Company). She is also the author of several collections of hybrid poetry that include Poetry Society of America’s 2022 Four Quartets Prize winning Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books) as well as Bone Confetti (Noemi Press) and Images Seen to Images Felt (Antenna) in collaboration with artist Kristine Thompson. She is a recipient of fellowships to Kundiman, VONA/Voices Workshop and the Community of Writers. She received her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from University of Southern California where she was an Andrew W. Mellon Humanities in a Digital World fellow.