The world is a series of power structures, and writing political literature feels especially important right now. From James Baldwin to James Joyce, from Margaret Atwood to Ghassan Kanafani, writers have always used stories to fight back. But how do you avoid sounding preachy or didactic?
For a start, you get bolder. You stop apologising for having a strong opinion about injustice. None of the writers we admire ever shirked from saying it like it is.
Leone Ross offers a workshop that invites you to find your loud and revolutionary voice. We will base our campaign in character, because the beating heart is always where politics begins – in something we care about. Having control over our own bodies. Giving a damn when any community, anywhere, starves.
What we’ll explore:
- Character as vehicle for your personal propaganda
- Dialogue as witness
- Reframing political conviction as narrative seduction
