What we’re about
Write Pittsburgh is a program collective that amplifies voices, empowers writers, and encourages relationships that build writer agency and strengthen community. We host workshops for teens and adults, including folks in recovery and/or incarceration.
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For more information, go to www.writepittsburgh.com
Upcoming events
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Author Talk w/ Sober Witch, Sunshine
Location not specified yetOctober 8th 7:00pm-7:30pm
Join us on Instagram Live as Sunshine the Pink-Haired Sober Witch discusses her book, "Sober Witch Life: A Magickal Guide to Recovery"!
This event is free to attend and no registration is needed!Just log in to your instagram account and watch our page for the live to launch: Instagram
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Giving Voice to the Opposition Writing Workshop
Location not specified yetRegister here: Giving Voice to the Villian: Writing the Opposition with Empathy
Saturday October 11 & October 18 10am-1:30pm
Age Group: 18+
Level: All Levels
Virtual
Description: Writing characters and not caricatures requires the cultivation of maturation in the author; and that which we most need to know to grow is always hidden where we least want to look. In this workshop, participants will cultivate their empathy and courage by way of authentic exploration of characters which they find repulsive. Participants will uncover the humanity of those whom they decry as villains, and they will accomplish this by way of self-reflection through fiction, ultimately discovering that those despised by others reside within themselves.By the end of this workshop, what will be able to write round characters whose voices, backstories, values, and motivations not only differ from but even (especially) oppose their own. This, in turn, allows authors of fiction to authentically write for and about a wider range of persons and peoples.
Please note: This event will NOT be available via recording.
About the facilitator: MarQuese D Liddle, MFA and instructor of creative writing at Wheeling University, is originally from Wheeling WV, where he grew up on a small island in the middle of the Ohio River. Inspiration for his stories comes from myriad sources including philosophy, Jungian psychology, traditional martial arts, classic literature, rap, & hip-hop. He hopes his work inspires you to pursue your dreams, whatever they may be.
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