This workshop will focus on practical craft approaches to writing about trauma,

including alternative forms, slanted metaphors, and utilizing different points of view. These strategies are geared toward staying vulnerable and authentic to your experience, but also creating distance when needed. As well, this presentation will touch on strategies to maintain good mental health practices during and after the exploring, the writing, and the publishing of personal trauma.

This workshop is Free and open to our member group only.

Meet Emily:

Emily writes from Jonesborough, TN where she lives with her husband, four children, and many animals including her service dog, Ghost. She had recent publications with Flash Glass, JMWW, Little Patuxent Review, and Dream of Shadows. She has a special interest in writing about mental health and women’s issues through multiple genres of fiction and creative non-fiction. She is an MFA in Writing candidate at the Vermont College of Fine Art. She publishes under the name Lilly Roan. To read more of her writing, check out her website at LillyRoan.com and follow her Instagram account @TheRoanWriter.