Writer's Workshop - Borrowed Truth: Writing From Real Life Without Writing Your Diary

How do you write from personal experience without putting your whole life on the page? In this workshop, Brandon Cole digs into the tricky, electric space between honesty and oversharing, with a focus on using real emotional material, including bodily experience, addiction, chronic illness, and painful relationships, in ways that feel vivid, intentional, and alive. You will explore how to turn raw experience into strong creative work without sliding into unprocessed confession or flattening everything into something distant and generic. Expect a lively, thoughtful session on voice, boundaries, self-insertion, and the craft choices that help personal material land with power. If you have ever wondered how to write close to the bone while still staying in control of the work, this one is for you. ---- Photo Credit: @aaronburden on IG and Threads.