Hot Takes
Write + Pitch Your Nuanced Ideas

with Tawny Lara

Live Seminar Via Zoom Saturday, Feb 1st, 2025

Instructor Tawny Lara is a journalist with a business degree who understands both sides of the creative life: we want to create cool shit, and we also want to make a living. She's the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze and The Sobriety Deck: Practical Practices for a Booze-Free Lifestyle, and co-founder of the vinegar-based botanical beverage (parentheses). She's also an exhausted Capricorn who's obsessed with her dog, Stevie Nicks.

Have something on your mind, but you can’t quite put it into words? Does something annoy you more than just a pet peeve? In the age of misinformation and #content, we need your nuanced ideas now more than ever. Inspired by the viral series, Subway Takes, this seminar includes writing prompts that help you articulate your Hot Take, followed by pitching strategies to get your ideas published.

Tawny's Hot Takes include Meritocracy is a Myth, Non-Alcoholic Drinks Need More Honest Reviews and Less #sponcon, and You don't need liquid courage to have good sex—she even turned the latter into a book. She has also learned a great deal about pitching gatekeepers to get her stories published, despite ongoing rejection.

Tawny’s teaching approach combines tangible tips, actionable advice, and real-life experience. Whether you’re a professional author or you’re still trying to convince yourself that you’re a “real writer,” this workshop is for you.

Participants will emerge from this seminar with fresh ideas, insight into how polemic writing works, and clarity on the next step of their writing journey.