Stories that Heal
Classes
&
Workshops
Stories that
Heal
Victoria Costello
Author & Teacher
I tell my story in order
to live.​
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A major thread in my life has been a search for healing through storytelling. I've pursued this end as an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, a science journalist, a mental health advocate, and as a published author of memoir and fiction. Most recently, my focus has turned to teaching other writers, with a specialty in trauma-informed, autobiographical fiction, AKA autofiction.
There are brief descriptions of my current offerings below, and more details here.
Please Email me if you'd like to discuss whether one of my workshops might be right for you. I'm happy to read a few pages and advise you, at no cost.
At this precarious time for humanity, it's my firm belief that we can help disrupt the status quo and use our hard-earned wisdom and creative talents as storytellers to heal ourselves and the collective, thereby doing our parts to renew this planet.
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I change my story in order
to heal.
What's New?
There is one last-minute opening in my Intro to Autofiction class,
starting Sept 8!
Contact WritingWorkshops.com
This class offered again
Jan 26, 2026
Registration opens Sept 9
Intermediate Autofiction returns in October!
The thing you must have to draft a new work of autofiction is a thorough understanding of your protagonist, who is, of course, YOU. But what version of you? What does your protagonist want in the moment of crisis which opens this story? And, why? If you can answer these questions, everything, including your plot, will flow. Join me and seven other writers as we workshop these questions and apply them to your work-in-progress.
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INTERMEDIATE AUTOFICTION: Nail Your Protagonist to Find Your Plot. Begins October 22, 2025. Meets on Zoom, 2x month, Wednesday eves, 6-8pm ET. Cost $1200.
Register, get syllabus/schedule & make payment arrangements at WritingWorkshops.com:
Writers say...
Stories that Heal
"I have an MFA, and I've workshopped with many authors over the years, some quite famous. I feel that Victoria's workshop helped me the most because of her gift of balancing a writer's personal trauma with the craft of writing. And I love how she managed to meet everyone within a diverse group at their own unique pace or level or readiness . ”
Hannah, Advanced Autofiction
Stories that Heal
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