THE GIFT OF MEMOIR:
How to Get Your Most Meaningful Life Stories
on Paper with Ease
Still Spots Left for This Thursday, December 20th
(Preserving Family History; Writing for and about Your Family; The Art of Memoir)
Just for you, a Gift of Memoir class to help you get your most meaningful life stories written. As best-selling author Rachel Naomi Remen says in her book Kitchen Table Wisdom, facts bring us to knowledge, but stories bring us to wisdom. If you are
interested in writing family and/or personal life stories—those significant tales of adventure, transition, love, loss, and triumph, as well as lovely everyday moments from times past or the present, come learn specific tools and techniques to retrieve and record them.
You will learn and practice the fundamental tools and steps needed to both capture individual events that have been important to you, reflecting on the impact and meaning as well as what happened, and the process of collecting events together into a full-length memoir or book of essays—whether this is for
personal reflection, to share with family and friends, or to publish to reach a larger audience.
And you'll have the opportunity to share one of your stories (up to 1,200 words) with the class to receive feedback and guidance in moving forward.
Our stories are a precious legacy. Putting them in writing is a gift to all who know and love us—they can be treasured and enjoyed for generations to come. It is also a gift to ourselves.
* For the benefit of participants, an audio recording of the class will be made each week so that participants are able to listen to classes they miss and/or review material covered at any convenient time and place. These recordings are available throughout the class session, along with all handouts, in a shared
Dropbox folder.
WHERE: The WordPlay studio, Ballantyne area. Directions will be sent upon registration.
WHEN: Thursday morning, December 20th, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
COST: $65/three hours.
Or save by taking the remaining series of six for $287. (Only one spot left for the series!) The dates are:
December 20
January 31
February 28
March 28
April 25
May 23
Feel free to try out the first class before committing to the series. If you'd like to continue, the cost of the first class will be deducted from the total.
TO REGISTER: Please send an email with your contact information to info@wordplaynow.com and the subject line: “Gift of Memoir” and we’ll reply with more information. Hope to have you there! CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS.
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WRITING WITH HEART, MIND, BODY, AND SOUL
Do you wish you knew the secret to creating writing that readers love? And when and how to show versus tell? Then this workshop is perfect for you, whether you write fiction or nonfiction, memoir, essays, short stories, or novels. You will learn to identify and practice the use of showing and telling through the lens of the four
“elements” of human being: heart, mind, body, and soul. Whether you’re a new, rusty, or accomplished writer, you’re sure to learn something new about the art and craft of writing prose that will leave you—and your readers—more satisfied with your work.
WHERE: Morrison Regional Library, 7015 Morrison Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28211
WHEN: Wednesday, January 9th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
COST: Free!
TO REGISTER: To register online, please visit the Morrison Regional Library website here.
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COASTAL WRITING RETREAT
AT THE SUNSET INN
Connect with Your Creativity at the Sunset Inn (Writing—and more—as Renewal and Inspiration)
Renew yourself and reconnect with your own creativity, whether you are a practicing writer, closet writer, or as-yet-to-pick-up-the-pen writer! The techniques and prompts we’ll use will spur your imagination, and can be used to create nonfiction, fiction, and/or poetry—the choice is yours. $418 + room tax for the weekend
beginning Friday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 24th. The Coastal Writing Retreat includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included).
Want to extend your retreat? If you’d like to stay another day to write, or to just enjoy the beach, the Inn is offering Coastal Writing Retreat participants the opportunity to stay Sunday night at half price.
(Extra writing retreat sessions are a possibility too. Email info@wordplaynow.com if you’re interested.)
WHERE: The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Dr., Sunset Beach, NC 28468
WHEN: Friday, February 22nd – Sunday, February 24th, 2019
COST: $458 + room tax for the weekend
TO REGISTER: Please contact the Sunset Inn directly at 888.575.1001 or 910.575.1000. If you would like to handpick your room, view your choices here first, then call.
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