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All-day memoir writing workshop
In this hands-on workshop, we will discuss the form of memoir and how the adage "show, don't tell" doesn't always hold true. Most memoir is actually a blend of scene, summary (narrative), and musing (reflection on the meaning of key events). Over the course of the day, we'll look at examples of compelling memoir from writers including Edwidge Danticat, Tara Westover, Howard Axelrod, and Frank McCourt.
We will complete several in-class exercises and discuss how to incorporate compelling scenes and reflection into your stories. You'll leave with an expanded toolbox and a greater understanding of the key ingredients of powerful memoirs.
There will be a one-hour lunch break during which you may go out or bring a brown bag lunch to eat in the meeting room. We have a refrigerator for your convenience. Coffee and tea provided by the Friends of the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch Library.
Judah Leblang is a Boston-based writer, teacher and storyteller who grew up in Beachwood, OH. His essays and commentaries have been broadcast on 200 ABC-radio and NPR stations around the US. Judah is the author of Finding My Place: One Man's Journey from Cleveland to Boston and Beyond and has performed his original show, "One Man's Journey through the Middle Ages" at fringe festivals around the US. His latest book, Echoes of Jerry, is a memoir about his deaf uncle. He teaches memoir writing at Grub Street in Boston and at Cuyahoga County Public Library’s William N. Skirball Writers’ Center.
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