Learn ten solid tips for the writing of your life story for both a personal and public readership.
Where do you begin your life story and how do you guarantee it is interesting to others? With ten crucial tips and in-class writing prompts, learn how to capture your life on the page scene by scene. From point-of-entry to transformative conclusion, you will find your story subjects, create tension, and most of all, meaning— so that the story you tell is the one that most mattered.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Selecting the best story material
- Creating tension
- Finding insight
- Developing meaning and emotional depth
- Finding transformation
Time requirements
- No time required outside of class.
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is for new and experienced writers alike who need help in selecting material, finding a structure and an overall plan for writing life stories, individually or as a memoir.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
