Writing Assignment 3: Sin Vergüenzas Manifest
Due Mon Oct 20th 4pm PT
To manifest is to make something visible — to bring what’s inside you out into the world so other people can see it. A manifesto is a declaration of intent — a way to say “this is what I believe, this is what I’m about, this is what needs to change.”
To manifest can also mean to call something into being — to write it, speak it, act it until it exists.
Take your core values and all your contradictions, all the times you did or didn’t break the rules and use them to write your own manifesto.
Write it as an offering to your younger self.
Include descriptions of place and body movements.
Must Read Manifestos:
Reproductive Justice Manifesto (Latin America, 2020)
The Queer Nation Manifesto (1990, ACT UP, New York Pride)
Steps to Complete
First Draft:
Write Manifesto
Second Draft:
Read it all first
Add at two new pieces of information
Layer in more sensory detail, more urgency, more sin vergüenza energy.
Final Pass
Read your manifesto out loud.
Cut one line
Submit: Sin Vergüenza Manifesto
Take all the time you need. If parameters help, see below.
35 mins first draft, 20 mins 2nd draft
15 mins Revise + Final Draft
More character work. Thank you for reading. And thank you for sharing last week. I felt such gratitude that I could listen in via a recording.
