Adoption is a fiction that incorporates a genetic stranger into a family as their own. Adoptees are told origin stories that they cannot verify. Our documents are very often edited into inconsequence and comprised of lies. In short, our lives are built upon fiction, so why not incorporate that into your writing? In this generative workshop, Alice Stephens will discuss why autofiction is the perfect vehicle for writing about adoption and explain how she uses it as she builds a collection of short stories. Writers will be led through warm-up exercises in preparation for writing an autofictional origin story.

Register for BIPOC Adoptee VOICES conference, July 24-27, 2025. Free to attend!