Spring Memoir workshop dates
April 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7, 14, 21
June 4, 11
Time: 3 PM PST/6 PM EST
If you are writing a memoir you know what it takes to bring your history and the story of your life to the page. You have to excavate not only what happened, but who you were to reveal your inner truths. A memoir is a journey of meaning and understanding, woven together with facts, reflections, and a story that’s true, a story you have lived.
Of course, your story touches on the lives of others, and there’s the rub. The challenge is to find your own story even though woven in with all the other stories of family, friends, and community, and to be able to tell it fully, to claim your truths.
You have to wrestle with the voice that brings your story to life, the voice that reveals the personal and the universal truths that your readers will need to know. The more personal and detailed your story is, the more it will contain universal truths.
In this 9-week workshop, you will find the stories that you need to write by creating a “turning point list” of significant moments, locate them on a timeline, and write these moments that shaped you, moments that form the spine of the theme of your memoir during the class.
The workshop is small, 4-6 people, which allows intimate sharing during the teleclass that meets once a week. You send your work out to the group, but the group is private and your writing is held with confidentiality. The feedback offers what is working in your story, and supports you with the emotional content as well and giving feedback for how you can develop your story and move forward to the later stages of writing your book.
Vignettes and shorter works are welcome too. You don’t have to be writing a book to join this class. The focus is to get you writing and to support you on your journey. Many people who write a memoir find it transformational, and we welcome discussions about your inner life as you explore it through your memoir. My background as a therapist helps the group find insights to the stories that emerge, and I always approach the writing and the writer with compassion and encouragement to explore the stories that have never been told. We all know that the dreaded “inner critic” can get in the way! We work with how the inner critic stops you and we help you move forward.
To summarize: in this workshop you will
• Find the stories that have meaning to you
• Learn to write the scenes that bring your story to life
• Discover the fiction tools that are the secret to great story writing
• Receive the support and accountability to get at least one story a week written
• Find out how to weave narration, dialogue, and scenes to create a dynamic story
• Learn how to manage your inner critic
And much more
Please contact Linda Joy Myers if you are interested before making payment.
Non-Member Pricing – $420
If you are a member log in and then come back to this page to get a special discount.
Shoot! I wish I had known about this course sooner. last week I signed up for a different one. Will you be offering it again?
Delaine Shay
Hi Delaine,
Linda usually does this once or twice a year. We will keep you posted.
Zeenah
NAMW Support