WEBINAR | Fix It, Make It Better: The Fine Art of Revising Memoir
December 2 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm America/NewYork
Revision, some say, is the hardest part of writing, but this stage can also be the most rewarding and pleasurable.
For Memoir and Nonfiction Prose
Included in the Season Pass
Capturing our memories—vividly, thoroughly, and carried along by palpable emotion—takes skill and concerted effort. But the task of writing compelling memoir doesn’t end there. Once we’ve given the story our best shot, once we’ve powered our way through an early draft or two, how do we take what we’ve created and use the powerful tools of revision to make the memoir shine?
Contrary to common wisdom, this is one task where it’s often not productive to start at the beginning. A story has multiple moving parts—sentences, paragraphs, chapters, the beginning, and the end. Successful revision happens when we learn to step back from our writing, making deliberate choices about when to intervene, where to intervene, and what changes will work best.
The key to effective revision—whether you’re writing a memoir or a six-page personal essay—is understanding that revision can take multiple approaches. Learn how to weigh those choices with intention, and walk away with tools you can apply to any project, in any genre.
In this webinar, you will:
- LEARN how to enjoy revision, looking forward to it with anticipation
- DISCERN which revision approach works best at what stage of the writing
- OVERTURN that nagging feeling that you have been “revising forever”
- FIND the best ways to establish what should be included in the memoir and what should be left out
This webinar is ideal for writers at any level, at any stage who…
- are uncertain how to effectively improve early drafts
- worry they spend too much time polishing and re-polishing sentences
- find revision unpleasant or worrisome
Closed captioning is available. ✔
All registrants receive the recording. ✔
ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER
One of our most popular and beloved presenters, DINTY W. MOORE is author of the memoirs Between Panic & Desire and To Hell With It and the writing guides Crafting the Personal Essay and The Mindful Writer, among other books. His insightful teaching, calm sensibility, and wicked sense of humor make his classes a delight as well as bringing useful techniques for every writer. Dinty has published essays and stories in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Short Reads, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Brevity, the preeminent journal of flash nonfiction, and an editor at The Brevity Blog.
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