Be Your Own Ice Cream

A full throttled writing pep-talk/workshop to get you to create your bravest, boldest, most vulnerable work. Who are you as a writer? What is your authentic voice? It's time to stop trying to fit into the mold of who think you're supposed to be as a writer and creative person -- and instead -- lean all the way into the gifts only you have. We'll discuss strategies to get you to dig deep into all your broken places, all your garbage, all your jealousies -- find the GOLD -- and get you to be your youest YOU on the page. YOU ARE ENOUGH!

Jeremy Owens is the creator, producer, and host of the long running live-lit/storytelling series You're Being Ridiculous. His work has been featured in Chicago Magazine, Alma, as well as many bars and theatre spaces all over Chicago, and his one-man show BIG GAY NIGHTMARE premiered at Steppenwolf this summer to sold out audiences. Jeremy is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, has an MFA in performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and is a Core Faculty member at Story Studio Chicago where he teaches storytelling, performance, and queer nonfiction writing.