Our Story
“In terms of whose stories stay in my head, it’s my mother’s, my aunts’, my neighbors’, my teachers’.”
—Michelle Obama
At Mighty Writers, we’re all about telling a good story.
Fortunately, you can’t grow up in this city and not have at least a few good stories to tell.
All you have to do is listen to hear them.
Great Philadelphia stories are told everywhere.
On our playgrounds. In our markets. At the bus stops… anywhere and everywhere people congregate.
Some of the stories we hear are pretty tall tales. Others have the real ring of truth.
Every day we hear stories in our city that make us happy, stories that make us sad and stories that make us think.
Our Mighty Writers have stories, too. And over time we’ll share them here in this space.
This we know: The only thing more fun than reading or listening to a good story is knowing how to write or tell one.
Which is why storytelling is so much fun.
Good storytelling also requires structure, discipline and crafting: a strong beginning, middle and end—and knowing how to tightly stitch all three together.
Our tutors will work with our Mighty Writers through as many drafts as necessary until the story reads and sounds just right, until it becomes the kind of story that stays in your head, maybe forever.
