Few things are as powerful as telling your own story, and few things feel as destabilizing as having someone determine your story for you.
When someone feels control over their own narrative and how others perceive them, the amygdala physically increases in size, often reducing anxiety and depression, through nothing more than your words. Learning to write, tell and live in your own story can help you figure out where you fit in the world, demand your place in it, and be the unapologetic and unique person you are meant to be.
In this week-long intensive, you’ll hear from two people who created acclaimed careers out of using their words.
Angie Kim is one of the most popular novelists in America today. She moved as a preteen from Seoul, South Korea, to the suburbs of Baltimore. After graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy, she studied philosophy at Stanford University and attended Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Her debut novel, Miracle Creek, won the Edgar Award, the ITW Thriller Award, the Strand Critics’ Award, and the Pinckley Prize and was named one of the best books of the year by Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and the Today show. Her second novel, Happiness Falls which is being made into a movie, was a Good Morning America book club pick, New York Times bestseller, Oprah Daily’s #1 Novel of the year, and a Washington Post, New York Post, Chicago Public Library, Real Simple, and Kirkus Review best book of the year, among many other honors.
Angie’s gripping thrillers also center on the importance of voice and what voice means, particularly among the immigrant and disabled communities. She’s particularly passionate about helping non-verbal writers get their stories out to the world.
Sarah Lacy is an award-winning investigative journalist and non-fiction author. Her career has focused on helping women and queer kids find the cheat codes in life and work to level the playing field. The center of everything she does is around story and community.
In this once-in-a-lifetime workshop, we—tweens, teens and young adults—will learn the power of telling our stories, in a safe, shame-free environment. Whether you want to grow up to be professional writers, or just want to take ownership of your own hero story, this week will give you invaluable life-tools to tell your own story in a way that shapes how others see you, and more importantly, how you see yourself.
[Price includes admission, all materials and chef-driven, farm-to-table meals. It does not include lodging. For non-locals, we recommend The Water’s Edge Hotel in Downtown Tiburon or The Tiburon Lodge.)