Writers Night Out March 19, 2025 Secrets of Great Storytelling
Everyone loves a great story but it takes a lot of skill to create one.
If you’d like to learn how to write one you’re invited to attend
March 19, 2025 Writers Night Out
7:00 PM on Zoom
MEMBERS ONLY, PLEASE
As the great dramatist David Mamet said, storytelling is like jujitsu: master a few fundamental principles, and you cannot be defeated. By perfecting a handful of basic rules, you can become a powerful storyteller across any genre—whether writing novels, memoirs, or screenplays. These timeless rules, rooted in Aristotle’s teachings, guide you in evoking three key emotions in your audience at the three different stages of story: pity, fear, and catharsis—the very essence of storytelling itself.
Javed Rezayee is an Emmy-winning Story Producer, screenwriter, novelist, and memoirist. His last film, We Are Ayenda, won the Cannes Grand PRIX in 2024. He’s been a teacher of the Art of Storytelling at Tufts University and GrubStreet for seven years now. His book, Dreams & Dragons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Resilience, is coming out in 2026. Javed has been published in The Hill and The New York Times.