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The Power of Truth in Storytelling

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 – Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Location: Firehouse Cultural Center

Event type: Workshops & Classes

We all have our stories, ones that are funny, sad, inspirational, tragic…and true.

Writing your truth can inform, influence, heal, and entertain your reader, as well as yourself. As journaling provides a private mirror to reflect on your life, telling the tales of your journey can have great power, and never more so than now, when our diverse experiences resonate across the culture.

During these six sessions you will have the opportunity to write in the many varied styles of non-fiction, from memoir, to history, to current events and persuasive essays, with a dash of journalism. Your writing will be based in truth, reality, and facts…it will be your view of your life, of the world, based on your experiences.

You will put your life-lessons and your passions to paper, read it aloud, and receive feedback from your fellow writers. You will be encouraged to use the six sessions to write a piece suitable for submission or for proposal. Appropriate outlets for submission will be included.

Please join us for this intimate experience.

Instructor Bio: Pamela Varkony is a non-fiction writer and a former columnist for Tribune Publishing. Her work appears in newspapers, magazines and in PBS and NPR on-air commentaries. Her poetry has been published in the New York Times.

Recognized by the Pennsylvania Women’s Press Association with an “Excellence in Journalism” award, Pamela often uses her communication skills to advocate for human rights and empowerment both at home and abroad. She has twice traveled to Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission and as an embedded journalist.

Pamela was named the 2017 Pearl S. Buck International Woman of Influence for her body of work. She is a member of the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center faculty.

Tuition: FREE


Six weeks, One 1.5-hour class per week
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.

  • January 29
  • February 5
  • February 12
  • February 19
  • February 26
  • March 5
Registration must be made in advance.

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