Fresh-Cut Lit & More
SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHNSON
Workshop Faculty
Sophie Lucido Johnson is the author of Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s); Love Without Sex: Stories on the Spectrum of Modern Relationships; and Dear Sophie, Love Sophie: A Graphic Memoir in Diary Entries, Letters, and Lists. She is a cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine, and has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Bon Appetit, The Chicago Reader, The Believer, McSweeney’s, and lots of other places. She lives in Chicago and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHNSON'S CLASSES
Tired of submitting your work and getting rejected, or not hearing back at all? Want to build a self-publishing practice on your own terms? In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to create, grow, and monetize a successful email newsletter using Substack. Sophie Lucido Johnson, the creator of “You Are Doing A Good Enough Job,” will guide you through the essentials of building a newsletter that not only captivates readers but also generates revenue. With thousands of subscribers and a thriving community, Sophie brings her expertise and experience to help you turn your newsletter dreams into reality.
Since the dawn of the written word, humor has been a tool to tell the truth and target our humanity with brevity and a masterful air of ease. In fact, writing humor is no joke: there are a lot of complex principles and ideas that can make or break a piece of writing. Including humor in more serious pieces can provide levity and make deeper themes more salient, making this workshop appropriate for writers of all stripes. We will focus on the nuts and bolts of the ever-expanding genre of humor writing, and practice ways to incorporate levity into all types of compositions.