Writing Outside the Lines-SOLD OUT

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

There are many ways to tell stories that are true. In this lively five-week workshop series, examples and writing prompts will help you practice innovative ways of breaking through traditional essay structure and thinking about how form can complement content in creative nonfiction. Activities and prompts include writing a short food memoir in the form […]

Writing Outside the Lines-SOLD OUT

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

There are many ways to tell stories that are true. In this lively five-week workshop series, examples and writing prompts will help you practice innovative ways of breaking through traditional essay structure and thinking about how form can complement content in creative nonfiction. Activities and prompts include writing a short food memoir in the form […]

Writing Outside the Lines-SOLD OUT

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

There are many ways to tell stories that are true. In this lively five-week workshop series, examples and writing prompts will help you practice innovative ways of breaking through traditional essay structure and thinking about how form can complement content in creative nonfiction. Activities and prompts include writing a short food memoir in the form […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Writing Workshop with Author Sherrie Flick

Alloy 26 100 S Commons, Pittsburgh, PA

Writing creatively involves cultivating the thoughts in your head as well as putting words on the page. In this morning workshop at Alloy 26, creatives of all types will practice observation skills and brainstorming exercises to help open up new ideas that feed into fresh writing. During these morning sessions, you will: PRACTICE using observation, […]

Writing Workshop with Author Sherrie Flick

Alloy 26 100 S Commons, Pittsburgh, PA

Writing creatively involves cultivating the thoughts in your head as well as putting words on the page. In this morning workshop at Alloy 26, creatives of all types will practice observation skills and brainstorming exercises to help open up new ideas that feed into fresh writing. During these morning sessions, you will: PRACTICE using observation, […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Writing About Place

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

Writing is all about exploring the world around you, whether that's another country or your own neighborhood. You must be passionate and curious to venture out into the world, and you must also bring those same vibrant emotions to your writing. Do you remember how you felt the last time you traveled to a new […]

Writing About Place

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

Writing is all about exploring the world around you, whether that's another country or your own neighborhood. You must be passionate and curious to venture out into the world, and you must also bring those same vibrant emotions to your writing. Do you remember how you felt the last time you traveled to a new […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Roots & Branches: Writing Your Family Tree

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

We don’t get to choose our families; but when we write our stories we do get to make many choices about how we frame, represent, embrace, and challenge the family histories we’ve been told, discovered, or remembered through the years. Family is a rich and layered topic to explore in creative nonfiction. Through the course […]

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Frost wrote, “no tears for the writer, no tears for the reader,” but how do we create an effective story from emotionally difficult material? Writing well about loss requires more than capturing the slippery memory on the page - the act of ‘looking back’ must create forward motion in your work. In this one […]

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Creative Nonfiction 5119 Coral Street, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Frost wrote, “no tears for the writer, no tears for the reader,” but how do we create an effective story from emotionally difficult material? Writing well about loss requires more than capturing the slippery memory on the page - the act of ‘looking back’ must create forward motion in your work. In this one […]