Purpose:
Everyone has a great story to tell. Our lives are unique and worthy of exploration. How will your life be documented...what will you leave behind?
This seminar is designed to help participants decide what life story to tell and the most powerful and effective way of telling it. Participants will learn to employ the various techniques involved in the craft of writing memoir and autobiography.
CONTENT FOCUS:
Differences Between Memoir & Autobiography
Generating Ideas
Organizing Your Narrative
Recapturing Memory
Choosing a Voice/Style
Using Creative License
Developing a Controlling Theme
Drafting Your Chapters
“…a memoir has many purposes: to convert experiences into wisdom, to pass on values, to find forgiveness, to bring people from the past back to life, to see connections between experiences that seem unrelated...”
P.J. Cherrin, publisher of Memoir Press