Are you writing a memoir? Need a little extra push down the road? This weekend course will get your motor running, revving, and racing in a cavalcade of memoir exercises! I’ve been writing and teaching memoir for almost twenty years, and I’ve gathered the most inspiring and time-tested prompts for two jam-packed days of creativity.  

Topics will include: crafting characters from real people, creating scenes that are riveting, developing yourself as a character, and digging deeper to find the emotional core. We’ll explore adding sensory details and setting to elevate your story, and (of course) writing scenes with humor. Some exercises will be short, some will be long. We’ll experiment with a wide range of techniques to tell your story, and ideas on how to enrich it. You will have the opportunity to read aloud some of your new writing with the class.  

Bring a notebook or laptop—or both! Together, we will write a ton. At the end of the weekend, you will have a lot of new pages to add to your memoir, new pieces to expand upon after class is over, and new insight on how to make your memoir zing. We’ll have an inspiring, sometimes hilarious, butt-kicking weekend together. 

This course is designed to move you far ahead down your memoir path, whether you are just getting started or well on your way. We will cheer each other on, and leave with full notebooks, full hearts, and a bunch of new writing friends. 

In this workshop, we will generate new writing through guided exercises and prompts.