The Different Forms Your Story Might Take
Join Susan Ito for a discussion about all the forms your story might take before it becomes a memoir that’s ready to publish. Before Susan published her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, it was a screenplay and a novel. Many writers find comfort in finding other ways to tell their story—whether to distance themselves from the fallout, or because the truth is something that needs to be waded into.
In this session, Susan will talk about how other forms can provide inspiration and can be stepping stones on the journey. She’ll cover using diaries, journals, research, photos, interviews, and other ways of gathering information and inspiration. If you’re piecing your story together and looking for support, ideas, and inspiration, this class will encourage and catapult you.
Susan Kiyo Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, and a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award. She co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in The Writer, Hyphen, Literary Mama, Catapult, and elsewhere. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. She teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University.
Join Susan Ito for a discussion about all the forms your story might take before it becomes a memoir that’s ready to publish. Before Susan published her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, it was a screenplay and a novel. Many writers find comfort in finding other ways to tell their story—whether to distance themselves from the fallout, or because the truth is something that needs to be waded into.
In this session, Susan will talk about how other forms can provide inspiration and can be stepping stones on the journey. She’ll cover using diaries, journals, research, photos, interviews, and other ways of gathering information and inspiration. If you’re piecing your story together and looking for support, ideas, and inspiration, this class will encourage and catapult you.
Susan Kiyo Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, and a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award. She co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in The Writer, Hyphen, Literary Mama, Catapult, and elsewhere. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. She teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University.
Join Susan Ito for a discussion about all the forms your story might take before it becomes a memoir that’s ready to publish. Before Susan published her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, it was a screenplay and a novel. Many writers find comfort in finding other ways to tell their story—whether to distance themselves from the fallout, or because the truth is something that needs to be waded into.
In this session, Susan will talk about how other forms can provide inspiration and can be stepping stones on the journey. She’ll cover using diaries, journals, research, photos, interviews, and other ways of gathering information and inspiration. If you’re piecing your story together and looking for support, ideas, and inspiration, this class will encourage and catapult you.
Susan Kiyo Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, and a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award. She co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in The Writer, Hyphen, Literary Mama, Catapult, and elsewhere. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. She teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University.