Online
With 7 Thursdays 10-12 EST (1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, off, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13)
What makes a memoir wonderful isn’t necessarily the events described, but rather the way in which the writer is able to bring readers along though the process of discovery and growth that living and writing both require. Often it is not the exceptional lives but the ordinary, common struggles that make for the most moving stories–but making your story stand out requires some careful thinking about framing, focus, and structure.
In this workshop we’ll work together on considering ways to narrow and focus a life’s story. Is yours an “occupational memoir”? A “memoir in essays”? A “book-length-essay”? A classical hero’s journey of a journey–either literal or figurative? One of my favorite things about memoir is how the events can become to the writers’ voice and vision, inviting readers an opportunity to visit a world unlike any they may encounter in their own lives.
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Online via ZOOM
(link will be sent the week of 1st class)
Amanda Parrish Morgan is the author of STROLLER (Bloomsbury 2022), of which The New Yorker wrote “the central strength of the book is not comprehensiveness but the way the stroller, and Morgan’s experience of her own strollering years, become an omnidirectional magnet, pulling disparate material into friendly proximity.”Some of Amanda’s writing has appeared in The Rumpus, LitHub, Guernica, The Millions, n+1, Electric Literature, Carve, The American Scholar, The Ploughshares Blog, JSTOR Daily, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Women’s Running and ESPNW.
Some of Amanda’s writing has appeared in The Rumpus, LitHub, Guernica, The Millions, n+1, Electric Literature, Carve, The American Scholar, The Ploughshares Blog, JSTOR Daily, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Women’s Running and ESPNW.
