WRITE FROM YOUR SOUL: MEMOIR WORKSHOP by Annette Fix
START DATES: CLOSED
DURATION: 6 weeks
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Discover the story you want to tell and learn how to turn your personal experiences into a story that comes alive on the page.
Each week, the lessons cover specific techniques to build your storytelling skills, allowing you to tell your unique, personal story in a way that has universal appeal for readers. Through writing prompts, exercises, and handouts created by the instructor, you will begin writing your memoir using specific storytelling techniques: dialogue, characterization, setting, imagery, etc.
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It was above and beyond what I expected.” ~ Akanke
Very instructional and insightful. Annette strikes the balance between useful feedback, open exchange, and directed exercise. ~ Randi
A great experience that motivated me to write. I feel like I learned things that will help my writing. The information and feedback are really useful, plus the techniques to improve your writing! ~ Deborah
This was a very constructive and encouraging workshop. I loved it! Thank you. Each session I was inspired. Thank you for doing what you do! ~ Adriene
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WEEKS AT A GLANCE:
Week One: Discover Your Story. Introduction to Memoir and Discover Your Story’s Universal Theme.
Assignments: A questionnaire, prompts, and exercises guide you through the necessary steps to discover the personal story you really want to write.
Week Two: Dialogue. Many aspiring memoir writers tell their story, instead of showing the human interaction and allowing the reader to watch it unfold. This week’s prompts and exercises will challenge you to use the dialogue techniques covered in the handouts to bring your words and the words of the other people in your story to life.
Assignment: Write dialogue scene.
Week Three: Setting/Imagery. Learn how to pull the reader into your story and have them walk beside you, experiencing your life as it unfolds. This week’s prompts and exercises challenge you to use techniques covered in the handouts to revisit where your story took place and bring your sensory memory to life on the page.
Assignment: Write setting/imagery scene incorporating dialogue.
Week Four: Characterization. Vivid characters are memorable characters. This week’s prompts and exercises challenge you to use techniques covered in the handouts to portray yourself and other people in your story as three-dimensional, complex characters that resonate with readers.
Assignment: Write characterization scene, incorporating setting/imagery and dialogue.
Week Five & Six: Plotting: Beginning/Middle/End plus Backstory/Exposition. You need to know where your story begins and ends, what makes up the middle, what backstory to include and what to leave out. These two weeks will cover specific techniques to determine the path your story will take on paper and help you develop the structure.
Assignment: Create plot outline/story timeline.
Materials needed: No special materials needed. Handouts provided by the instructor.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Most of you know Annette Fix as the former Senior Editor of WOW!. She is also the author of The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir, which was a finalist for Foreword Magazine’s 2009 Book of the Year Award and was offered an option for development as a cable TV series. Annette speaks about memoir writing at national writer’s conferences and teaches her Write From Your Soul program online and in-person.
COST: $249, which includes weekly writing assignments and prompts, comprehensive technique handouts and resources, e-mail support, and extensive assignment feedback from the instructor.
BUY NOW: Write from Your Soul: Memoir Workshop by Annette Fix (6 weeks, starting 6/24/2013) Limit: 10 students. Early registration is recommended.
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This class is now closed. Please check here for our current schedule.
Notes: Upon successful completion of payment, your name, email address, and contact info will be submitted to your instructor. She will invite you to her private discussion group where you can get started.
