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YOUR LIFE IN A FLASH: WRITING MICRO-MEMOIRS
4/3/2025 - 11:00 PM
ZOOM | APRIL 3, 10, 17, & 24 | THURSDAY NIGHTS 7-9 EST
We’re adept at narrativizing our lives. Even the dull and dreadful become fodder for a good story. But when faced with a blank page, too often our skill and joy abandon us. In this generative workshop, we’ll transform our rich experience as veteran storytellers into the key that unlocks our voices and our narratives. Whether you’re writing for yourself, your loved ones, or for publication, the goal of this course is to translate your stories to the page, to mine your memories for sensual details, and to find new meanings in the stories you keep telling. While tapping into the personal, oral tradition of storytelling can be a rich source of inspiration, participants need not limit themselves to writing micro-memoirs. I draw on examples from fiction, poetry, and memoir to illustrate certain techniques, and I invite participants to write in the mode or genre that feels appropriate to them. This is a workshop. Participants generate and submit 1-3 pages each week, and receive written feedback from me. This class is ideal for writers who wish to commit to and develop a consistent writing practice, but need accountability and community to support those efforts. The course is $300 for the month and will meet over Zoom. I offer sliding scale, too, if cost is an inhibiting factor. Join me in APRIL and write your micro-memoirs! TO SIGN UP for the course or to receive more information, click on the CONTACT section of this website and drop me a note.