The memoir "landscape" can take you beyond the craft of writing into the creative power within . . . one that lies just beyond the horizon. That's why I'm happy to share what I've learned as a memoirist over the last five and half years.
In some way, I hope that the "power of story" can touch and change you, as it touched and changed me, and many that I have known and loved.
I'll be teaching a free four-week class beginning Oct. 19 at Lower Providence Community Library in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. My goal is that by the end of those four weeks, everyone who takes this class will leave with a rough draft of their own memoir.
I'll also be sharing on this blog the curriculum I devise, as well as the writing prompts for this class. I hope that those who follow this blog and live in all parts of the country - indeed, the world - can join in and partake as well.
Presented by author, journalist and experienced book editor Susan G. Weidener
4-week session includes:
What is a memoir and how does it
differ from an autobiography?
Plotting
out the narrative arc of your story through timeline exercises.
Avoiding
“sidetrips” and getting to the “heart” of your memoir’s message.
Using writing prompts to find and
honor your authentic “voice”.
Leaving with a
rough draft.
To register,
sign up at the circulation desk or for more information, contact Barbara
Loewengart at 610-666-6640, x25 or email bloewengart@mclinc.org
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is
requested.
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