WEBINAR | Micro Memoirs: Writing Tiny True Stories
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WEBINAR | Micro Memoirs: Writing Tiny True Stories
October 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Can you write a powerful, true story in less than 300 words? Learn how to write emotionally resonant, attention-grabbing micro memoirs.
For Creative Nonfiction, Personal Essay and Memoir
Micro memoirs (a sub-genre of flash creative nonfiction) are true stories from one’s life written with power and brevity. Generally defined as 300 words or less, these tiny essays pack a powerful punch! With a limited word count, every word matters. Through writing micros, you’ll learn to distill what’s most important, focus on a single experience, and rely on images and sensory details to make your work pop on the page—work that can help your scenes, essays, and manuscripts, too.
During this online generative webinar, participants will look at examples of evocative micro memoirs and explore what makes them effective. They’ll learn how to create a lasting emotional impact on readers with just a few words by using precise sensory details, poetic devices, and metaphor. At the end, Bethany will provide three writing prompts as optional homework to jumpstart your writing!
Can’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants.
In this webinar, you will:
- EXPLORE the six key elements of a successful micro memoir.
- DISCOVER how to create emotional resonance so readers keep thinking about your piece long after they read it.
- GET TIPS for writing engaging and powerful micro memoirs that editors and readers will love.
- EXPLORE how compression, sensory details, and lyricism increase the impact of your writing.
This webinar is ideal for writers who want to…
- Explore the possibilities of tiny prose
- Immediately capture the attention of editors and readers
- Increase the impact and emotional resonance within all their writing
- Learn how to use compression and sensory details to make their work come alive
- Explore a form that can be written in liminal moments, in the midst of life’s busyness
Closed captioning is available. ✔
All registrants receive the recording. ✔
ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER
Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer, poet, writing coach, and workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection, Lightning Is a Mother, and a memoir, Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines including Rattle, Brevity, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions and nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net.
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