Memoir I

A memoir is a book-length narrative that is told from the writer's point of view and captures a meaningful slice of the writer's life.

If you have a story to tell and would like to figure out how best to tell it, this course helps you get started.

In-class writing exercises help you identify significant moments from your life, decide on a workable structure for telling your story and determine what exactly your story is about.

You also focus on the habits and tools you need to establish and maintain a writing practice and read excerpts from a range of memoirs for inspiration and guidance.

By the end of the course, you have an outline and a draft of one to two chapters.