Register for the Zoom link on Loft’s website. Cost: $55
3-hour virtual workshop on Experimentation with Hybrid Memoir

Writing a memoir requires profound self-examination and honesty, which can be particularly challenging for writers from marginalized backgrounds or those writing about trauma. By offering prompts that encourage a fresh perspective on your stories, we aim to make this process more approachable. We will examine examples of innovative and hybrid memoirs and essays, engaging in generative exercises that explore structure, constraints, shifting points of view, and speculative elements. These experiments will open new pathways for expression, providing entry points for developing your memoir manuscript.

In this class, we will also explore the diverse forms and possibilities of the essay, building a portfolio of work while developing a shared vocabulary around the craft elements of creative nonfiction. Through discussion, reading, workshops, and practice, we will cultivate our imaginative space and deepen our understanding of our own processes as writers, thinkers, and creators. In this three-hour class, we will immerse ourselves in in contemporary essays to explore the range of tools and techniques available to us as essayists and memiorists. We will identify and discuss these craft techniques through short reading responses and group discussions, and you will practice using these techniques and experimenting with form through low-stakes writing prompts.

This course welcomes anyone wanting to hone their skills and receive feedback in a supportive environment, and it is best suited for intermediate writers. You do not need to submit anything in advance to join.

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