You've been working on your memoir (or perhaps the process has stalled). In either case, this course comes with the following sessions to enhance and revitalize your work: Assessing Your Progress; Examining Your Scope; Analyzing Your Story Arc; Refining Your Characters, Setting, and Dialogue; Breaking Through the Muddle in the Middle; and Putting the Pieces Together. Each week will include an in-class writing exercise that can be discussed in class. You can share as much or as little of your assignment as you'd like (given time constraints) to receive feedback in a positive, welcoming environment while also having opportunities to discuss how these exercises help with your memoir writing. The goal is to help nurture a memoir manuscipt in the middle stages to something closer to a finished work.
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Details: Writing Memoir: Emerging from the Muddle in the Middle takes place Tuesdays March 17, March 24, March 31, April 7, April 14, and April 21 from 6:30-8:30 PM remotely online via Zoom.
Prerequisite: None
Genre: Nonfiction
Level: All Levels
Format: Craft Talk
Location: This class will meet remotely online via Zoom.
Size: Limited to 14 participants (including two scholarship recipients).
Scholarships: Two scholarship spots are available for this class for writers in Northeast Ohio. Apply by December 15. Click here to apply.
Cancellations & Refunds: Cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the first class meeting to receive a full refund. Email info@litcleveland.org.
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Kelly Boyer Sagert is a full-time freelance writer with a BA in psychology and a long-time member of the vetted American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). She teaches non-credit memoir writing to students at Cuyahoga Community College and Baldwin Wallace College. She also teaches writing at Polaris Career Center.
Remotely online via Zoom
Cleveland OH
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