Memoir Writer's Workshop: From Memories to Manuscript
Memoir Writer's Workshop: From Memories to Manuscript
.MP4, AVC, 1280x720, 30 fps | English, AAC, 2 Ch | 2h 54m | 3.15 GB
Instructor: Joy Rushing, PhD
.MP4, AVC, 1280x720, 30 fps | English, AAC, 2 Ch | 2h 54m | 3.15 GB
Instructor: Joy Rushing, PhD
Learn to Write a Story From Your Life
What you'll learn
- Learn to use the 5 step writing process to create a life story.
- Learn how memoir fits into the genre of literary nonfiction.
- Learn to identify the characteristics of an effective memoir.
- Learn ways to generate topic ideas.
- Learn four ways to start your story.
- Learn how to craft a setting with details and imagery.
- Learn to evaluate and develop characters using conversation and body language.
- Learn how to structure action and conflict and how to pace the plot.
- Learn how to add depth and complexity to your writing adding elements such as symbolism, foreshadowing, flashbacks, allusion and metaphors.
- Learn necessary grammar and mechanics for writing narrative nonfiction.
- Learn to set and use a goal to monitor your progress and results.
- Learn about options for an audience and publication.
- Learn ways to teaching this content to others.
Requirements
- No professional writing or publishing experience is necessary.
- Writers should be willing to devote time to writing after each lesson.
- Writers should be able to read and write in English.
Description
Interested in writing a story from your life?
This memoir writer's workshop course provides a complete step-by-step introduction to the art of memoir writing, guiding writers through a structured workshop approach to craft their own compelling narratives during the course.
Throughout the lessons, writers will not only learn essential writing techniques but also actively apply them to their memoir drafts, ensuring practical skill development and tangible progress.
This course contains:
19 video lectures
Almost 3 hours of video instruction with your instructor
48 downloadable resources and 7 external links
including: worksheets, slides, lesson notes, checklists, templates, and more!
19 Writer's workshop assignments
Topics covered include:
- Characteristics of effective memoirs and personal narratives
- Generating and choosing topic ideas
- Mastering narrative leads
- Structuring action and conflict
- Centering the memoir on a life lesson
- Infusing narration with thoughts and feelings
- Crafting vivid settings with descriptive detail and imagery
- Developing rich characters through dialogue and body language
- Incorporating literary devices such as symbolism, foreshadowing, and metaphors for added depth
- Editing for grammar, mechanics and content
- Goal setting and self-evaluation
- Options for an audience
Your instructor, Joy Rushing, PhD, has over ten years teaching memoir writing and provides an experienced, academic approach to writing that helps students in their current project but also helps them learn skills and gain knowledge that can be applied to other types of writing.
Who this course is for:
- This course adapts to all skill levels, but is directed towards beginner memoir writers.
- This course is for those who would value an academic approach to learning. This course will feel like you are working with a writing teacher.
- This course is not focused on making money with our writing or writing quickly to get a sale, although publishing options are discussed at the end.
- This course is appropriate for adults and young adults.
Memoir Writer's Workshop: From Memories to Manuscript
