Writing Your Life Stories
8-weeks | Registration closed 9/10/2025
In this course, you will identify and begin to write those stories that best define the journey of your life so far. Through in-class prompts, you will discover the landscape, the relationships, and the themes that have led you through the days you have lived so far–and will begin to offer a chronology, a style and a set of questions to continue your exploration. Each session, we write and read and support each other. Come with a sense of humor, openness and curiosity to share in community.
Suggested Readings: Tristan Rainier, The New Autobiography; Natalie Goldberg, A Friend From Far Away; Deena Metzger, Writing for Your Life.
Susan Merson
Susan Merson is a longtime theatre and literary artist, teaching and giving performances across the country. Her books include: Your Name Here; Dreaming in Daylight; Oh Good Now This; and How We Saw The Moon, plus short stories published in Penguin's Nice Jewish Girls, Worcester Review, Lilith Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul and others.
Skip Weisman
Skip Weisman grew up a 30-minute drive north on “Highway 9” from Springsteen's Freehold, NJ hometown. Forty-nine years after being introduced to Springsteen’s “Born to Run” album, Skip has attended 109 live Springsteen performances, with and without the E Street Band, in 10 countries across two continents, including three on the '25 tour. Skip moved to Dutchess County in 1994 to bring the Hudson Valley Renegades professional baseball team to the community. He served as team president/CEO for eight seasons through 2001. From 2002-2023, Skip was a business coach and professional keynote speaker/workshop presenter specializing in leadership and workplace communication.