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Write the Hard Thing: Let the Body Tell the Story with Jessy Easton
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20th @9AM PST on Zoom (will be recorded)
This 2-hour workshop is for anyone carrying a story they don’t quite know how to tell. Whether it’s grief, family complexity, or a truth you’ve been circling for years, we’ll begin where stories live: in the body.
We’ll begin by naming the fears and shame that often block our stories, then learn how to access emotionally charged memory through sensation—starting with a single image, feeling, or moment that lives in the body. From there, we’ll layer in the “double perspective” that memoir requires, weaving together the voice of the one who lived it and the one who’s ready to write it now.
You’ll have space to write, share, and walk away with the beginnings of a potent micro-memoir. This isn’t about writing the whole story—it’s about finding one emotional thread and following it.
Jessy Easton grew up in a meth lab on the edge of the Mojave Desert, and writing saved her life. Her work has appeared in a range of publications including, The Rumpus, Good River Review, and Marrow Magazine (where her essay was a top 10 read of 2024), and has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. Jessy is currently serializing her memoir, The One Who Leaves, on Substack, where it’s a Bestseller. When she’s not writing, she’s rocking out to Alanis Morissette with her son, kissing the noses of her two black dogs, or fantasizing about Timothée Chalamet.
Write the Hard Thing: Let the Body Tell the Story with Jessy Easton
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20th @9AM PST on Zoom (will be recorded)
This 2-hour workshop is for anyone carrying a story they don’t quite know how to tell. Whether it’s grief, family complexity, or a truth you’ve been circling for years, we’ll begin where stories live: in the body.
We’ll begin by naming the fears and shame that often block our stories, then learn how to access emotionally charged memory through sensation—starting with a single image, feeling, or moment that lives in the body. From there, we’ll layer in the “double perspective” that memoir requires, weaving together the voice of the one who lived it and the one who’s ready to write it now.
You’ll have space to write, share, and walk away with the beginnings of a potent micro-memoir. This isn’t about writing the whole story—it’s about finding one emotional thread and following it.
Jessy Easton grew up in a meth lab on the edge of the Mojave Desert, and writing saved her life. Her work has appeared in a range of publications including, The Rumpus, Good River Review, and Marrow Magazine (where her essay was a top 10 read of 2024), and has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. Jessy is currently serializing her memoir, The One Who Leaves, on Substack, where it’s a Bestseller. When she’s not writing, she’s rocking out to Alanis Morissette with her son, kissing the noses of her two black dogs, or fantasizing about Timothée Chalamet.