Start Your Substack

Start Your Substack

Modality: Virtual
Saturday, March 7th 10am - 12pm 

Age Group: All Ages
Skill Level: Anyone who can use a computer

Description: In this discussion-based workshop, writers will be given the tools to create a Substack. Substack is the newest website craze for writers who want to put things out but don't want the rigamarole of the publishing industry. It's like a blog, wearing a fancy hat. The site formats your work in a template that follows most major news sites. So, it really gives your work an elegant feel. Plus, you now have a digital database to showcase your writing. Some people even set up subscriptions for their work! It's a very lucrative but also fun way to showcase your writing. 

Key components include:

• Navigating the Site: drafting and publishing work

• Building your platform: what topics are hot vs. what do you want to write about. Will this be a diary entry, blog, poetry forum or Carrie Bradshaw's column? 

• Engaging in discourse: finding like-minded, and maybe not so like-minded writers to follow

• Revision Protocols: Building a repeatable editorial workflow that supports stronger drafts and a more confident writing practice.

By the end of this workshop, participants will leave with a fully functioning Substack and their first draft of a post ready to go!

About the facilitator:

Kendall Snee is a Pittsburgh-based poet and 10th-grade English teacher. She has facilitated workshops for the PGH Lit Fest and the WANA Writing Conference, and her work has been published through Poetry Lounge’s Yawp Press. She is a former writer-in-residence at City Books and performs live with the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective/Steel City Slam. Snee is also a reader for Parsec, a nationally recognized science-fiction contest. Consider following her Substack: Old Book Smells, for all things literature.

Refund & Cancellation Policy: Attendees can cancel their registration 7 days or more before the event for a full refund (minus ticketing fees). If there is a need to cancel registration less than 7 days before the event, 50% of the ticket cost will be refunded (minus ticketing fees). 

Write Pittsburgh reserves the right to cancel events due to unforeseen circumstances including low registration. If this happens, registrants will receive a 100% refund of the workshop cost (minus ticketing fees). Please note that Humanitix does not allow us to refund ticketing fees, so that is not something that we have any control over.