Speaking & Workshops

Talks That Move
Rooms

Keynotes, panels, workshops, and fireside conversations on creativity, storytelling, representation, and the discipline of finishing what you start.

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Signature Talks

Each can be delivered as a keynote, a workshop, or a longer intensive. All are tailored to your audience before the date.

The Power of Words

How language shapes healing, identity, and what we believe is possible for ourselves. Built for general and community audiences.

Keynote · 45–60 min

STAY. THE. COURSE.

Why whose story gets told changes what a generation believes it can become. Strong fit for education and culture programming.

Keynote · 45–60 min

Finish What You Started

The practical discipline of completion — structure, accountability, and getting past the middle of the project.

Workshop · 90 min–half day

Workshop Formats

Half-Day Intensive

One focused craft area — structure, voice, dialogue, or revision — worked through live with your own material.

3–4 hours

Full-Day Masterclass

Deeper coverage with individual feedback time built in. Best for a cohort that’s already drafting.

6–7 hours

Multi-Week Series

A sequence of sessions with work between each. The format most likely to actually finish a manuscript.

4–8 weeks

Linda Orji guiding college workshop participants at a classroom table with Cracked Concrete Volume I in use
Linda Orji leading an active writing exercise in a modern corporate training room
Linda Orji facilitating a writing workshop while participants listen and take notes
Linda Orji listening to a participant during a community writing workshop with Cracked Concrete Volume I

Workshop Topics

Story Structure

Linda Orji leading a college workshop on story structure while participants write

Shape, pacing, and why the middle is where most projects die.

Finding Your Voice

Linda Orji guiding a participant during a finding your voice writing workshop

Getting the writing to sound like you and not like everyone else.

Screenwriting Fundamentals

Linda Orji teaching screenwriting fundamentals with a screenplay and shot plan on screen

Format, scene economy, and writing for the screen.

Revision & Editing

Linda Orji guiding a writer through manuscript revision and editing

Turning a finished draft into a finished book.

Poetry & Spoken Word

Linda Orji coaching a participant during a poetry and spoken word workshop

Writing for the page and writing for the room.

Publishing Pathways

Linda Orji explaining traditional independent and hybrid publishing pathways

Traditional, independent, and hybrid — what each actually costs.

Who I Speak To

Conferences & Festivals

Linda Orji speaking confidently on a literary and creative industry festival panel

Literary, film, creative industry, and cultural programming.

Schools & Universities

Linda Orji guiding university students during a creative writing classroom workshop

Writing programs, assemblies, and student workshops.

Organizations & Teams

Linda Orji leading a creative training session for an organization in a modern conference room

Corporate, nonprofit, and community groups.

Linda Orji delivering a keynote on stage in professional urban attire
Linda Orji in conversation with fellow panelists at a college arts event
Linda Orji contributing confidently to a professional conference panel
Audience listening as Linda Orji leads a live speaking engagement

Speaker Kit

Bio, headshots, past stages, topic one-sheets, and technical requirements — everything your team needs to confirm and promote the date.

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Linda Orji speaking to a full college auditorium audience

Every room deserves a story worth hearing.

Bring Linda to Your Stage

Share your event, audience, and date — I’ll come back with availability and a fit.

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