Memoir Writing Course – Fall II 2025

Description

Do you want to write a personal story, memoir, or micro-memoir?

Are you looking for a nurturing space to learn to write your story?

This memoir writing workshop and community will help capture, organize, and distill the shimmering details of your story while enhancing your confidence as a writer.

The biggest challenge with writing is that the process is often mysterious and confusing. How do we craft a story vs. write stream of consciousness? Where to begin and end? How do we structure something we’ve told a million times?

If you want to live up to something deep inside that says “Write!” you must.

In this course, you will receive:

• writing & storytelling tools
• ways to access themes that matter most to you
• editorial and revision support
• structures to organize your creative process
• 3 or 4 new new pieces you love

We will study examples of personal essays, micro-memoirs, memoirs, and the essentials of storytelling.

What participants appreciate most:

• 1:1 writing coaching & feedback
• constructive editorial feedback in class on 2-3 pages of work
• the warmth and encouragement of the community
• readings
• playback recordings
• weekly Q&A
• option for a 50-minute one-on-one at a 10% discount*

Session Dates

Sessions are held via Zoom on Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM EST.
December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5

Rate:

$545. PayPal or credit card (includes a 3% cc fee)
$526. Students send a personal check.
Payment plan available.

Students currently enrolled in the memoir course receive 10% off:

• 50-minute, one-on-one writing coaching sessions (during the course)
• creative development & editorial readings (1-12 pages)
• story structure work

Policy: If a participant needs to drop the class, having paid full tuition, they receive the remaining credit towards a future class (minus $80 per class attended) to be used within 6 months. No refunds after attending two classes.