Write What You Know (and Make it Magic) with Daniel José Older • Reedsy

📚 Overview

Join us for a Masterclass Monday with Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Saints and the YA series The Shadowshaper Cypher. In conversation with editor George Jreije, Daniel will share how he's drawn from his own life to write stories that feel authentic and connect with readers.

In this session you'll learn...

How to transform your personal experiences into compelling fiction
Ways to bring authenticity to your characters, setting and dialogue
What today's publishing landscape looks like (and how to navigate it)
Why flexibility and resilience are key traits for any writer

Come join us and discover insights to make your writing more evocative, spellbinding, and, in some cases, fantastical.

Schedule

EVENT

15:00 - 16:00 EDT

Write What You Know (and Make it Magic)

In this masterclass, author Daniel José Older will teach you how to leverage your personal experiences to write authentically, share insights about what the current publishing landscape looks like, and explain why it's important for authors to stay nimble.

Daniel, who was a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, will also talk about making a story your own while working with massively popular intellectual property.

Speakers

Daniel José Older

Author

Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, is the internationally bestselling author of many comics and twenty books, including the Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher, which was named one of the best fantasy books of all time by TIME magazine and one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for numerous others. Find his books here: http://danieljoseolder.net/

George Jreije

Editor and Author

George Jreije ("ja-rage") is the Lebanese American author of many books, including the acclaimed Shad Hadid fantasy series and the Bashir Boutros fantasy series, which received a Junior Library Guild's Gold Standard Selection. He is also the author of upcoming graphic novels Tarik's Bazaar Adventure as well as Lilo and the League of Librarians, along with several short stories with organizations such as UNICEF and Scholastic. When not crafting his own stories, George helps other authors reach their writing goals with Reedsy here: https://reedsy.com/george-jreije