Lizzie Finn

peer artist leader (memoir incubator)

Biography

Lizzie Finn is the program director of the Screenwriting Academy at Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing organization. She has won numerous screenwriting awards, and her essays have been featured in various print and online publications, including Literary Mama, The Mighty, Medium, Pregnancy Magazine, AbsoluteWrite, The Imperfect Parent, The Independent, and TV Squad. Lizzie loves living in Highlands, NJ, where she has easy access to both the woods and the ocean. When she’s not journaling, walking the dogs, or snapping photos at sunset, Lizzie is working on a memoir about trauma, grief, chronic illness, and psychedelic therapy.

Twitter: @QueenZenobia6
Instagram: @lizziefinn23
Facebook: @finnlizzie

Publications

• December 15, 2022|“Sparking Midlife Joy: Releasing Baggage, Finding Hidden Treasure” | MIDLIFE ON FIRE: Risky Business. Real Stories. Women Writers. Vol. 2
• January 18, 2022|“Culture and Identity: When Good-Intentioned Films Miss the Mark and Offend” | Medium
• April 16, 2020|“In A Global Pandemic: Are We All Living in Schitt’s Creek?” | The Narrative
• March 18, 2020|“The Isolation of Chronic Illness Prepared Me to Face a Coronavirus Lockdown” | The Narrative
• February 10, 2020| “Psilocybin Temporarily Silenced my ‘Dark Passenger’” | The Narrative
• January 24, 2020|“The Good Place Dilemma: Being on Permanent Vacation Will Turn Your Brain to Permanent Mush” | The Narrative
• November 3, 2019|“Can a Psychedelic Trip Reboot Your Brain and Cure Depression?” | Medium
• November 8, 2019|“What Happened When I Sought Alternative Mental Health Treatment Abroad” | The Mighty
• August 17, 2019|“When Being Sick Puts You in a Bad Mood for Years” | The Mighty
• July 19, 2019|“We Need to Talk About Menopause” | The Mighty