Creative Memoir Workshop withDawn 7 Wednesday Evenings, March 14-May 2, skipping March 29 6:45pm-9:00pm, $160.00 (ask about payment plans) Location: SE Portland/Westmoreland area
"Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life." - Ellen Bass
The deepest and richest source for your writing is your own life. The story of your life is tremendous. It is full of joy and pain, loss and beauty. It is a story of love, and it is a story of the challenges of becoming fully human. Your story contains details and characters no one could possibly make up. In this workshop you'll have the opportunity to focus on a memoir theme that calls to you. We'll approach this theme from different angles so that you leave the workshop with a rich body of work. We'll practice the art of telling a story how we remember it - sticking to the truth while acknowledging that memory is a creative act that also requires our current perspective and imagination. When we write our true stories we gain insight and understanding. Writing our stories liberates us. Sharing them with others is a gift to the world.
