Sitka Center Three-Day Workshop

LAY IT BARE: Creative Non-fiction Workshop Overview

Most successful works of memoir, both books and essays, combine self-imagination, a bare-naked heart and a fearless dose of honesty. This workshop will be structured around finding our way into this place. Read excerpts, write, share work and discuss different methods of non-fiction storytelling. The first two days will be spent generating new work – investigating ways to unearth material from our lives and learning constructive editing techniques. Day three will focus on revising one new piece to be workshopped with the group. You will likely leave with several fragments and starts and one longer revised piece.

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LAY IT BARE – Sitka Center Memoir Workshop

I’ll be teaching again this summer at one of my favorite places on earth, The Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. I’d love for you to join me if you’re working on a memoir project or curious about how to start one for this two-day low-key writing workshop.

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Hope to see you there.

M

 

Creative Non-fiction Workshop at Sitka Center

Lay It Bare: The Naked Heart of Personal Narrative

Join me at the Sitka Center on Cascade Head, the most beautiful place on the Oregon Coast, to read and write and work on our creative non-fiction together. All levels welcome.

Sitka Catalog Description: The most successful works of memoir, whether book or essay, combine self-imagination, a bare naked heart and a fearless dose of honesty. This workshop will be structured around finding our way into this place. Read excerpts, write, share work, and discuss different methods of non-fiction storytelling. We will investigate ways to unearth material from our lives as we learn constructive editing techniques. Our focus together will be generating new work. You’ll leave with several fragments and starts, and one longer piece to return to on your own.