Write your memoir in poems instead of a book.
Do you want to approach personal memoir in short, manageable high points rather than attempting a long running narrative? Poems can capture the most meaningful moments of your life and evoke their essence in a reader. In this course you’ll begin to learn how to focus on such moments and present them so they illustrate you in your life and imply its arc. You’ll draft one poem after the first session and have a clear sense of how to revise it by the end of the second.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Selecting the moment/memory
- Setting the scene/providing context
- Evoking the mood
- The art of looking back
- Considering the audience
Time requirements
- 1-2 hours outside of class.
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is for people who want to write about their lives but don’t have the time to write a book. Experience writing poetry, formal or otherwise, is helpful. A knack for telling stories to friends is also helpful.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
