SEMINAR |The Self-Editor’s Toolkit: 10 Tools, Tips and Techniques to Develop Your Memoir or Personal Essay
SEMINAR |The Self-Editor’s Toolkit: 10 Tools, Tips and Techniques to Develop Your Memoir or Personal Essay
June 28 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
The triumph of finishing a draft is soon overtaken by wondering, Now what do I do? Get the practical and creative tools you need to deepen and polish your work to its greatest potential.
Nonfiction and Memoir
Live on Zoom | Saturday, June 28 @ 2:00-5:00 pm EDT
After the joy of creating comes the picky process of self-scrutinizing, taking stock, and tuning up–essential steps in the writing process. Shifting from generative to reflective mode can be tough, but there are simple, straightforward methods to refresh your perspective and gain entry into what’s already on the page.
In this three-hour seminar, learn 10 techniques that creatively (and sometimes stealthily) re-engage you with the work, including scaffolding, housekeeping, reverse outlining, perhapsing, tic lists, set design, flow checks, and runway time. You’ll practice some of these methods live, then pick from the toolbox to build a personalized action plan for revising your work that suits your writing style.
Using big-picture inventories and line-level search-and-destroy tactics, deep conceptual inquiries and thoughtful worksheets, you’ll gain greater clarity about how to refine language, structure, characterization, and more, and a new enthusiasm for self-editing.
In this insightful Three-hour live seminar, you’ll learn to:
- APPROACH your work with fresh perspectives
- CLARIFY your aims for the work
- APPLY simple techniques and inventories that instantly elevate your prose
- BRING more dimension and depth to your work
- PLAN a clear and understandable revision process for your draft
This seminar is ideal for writers who want to refine, strengthen, and deepen existing CNF and memoir drafts.
Closed captioning is available. ✔
All registrants receive the recording. ✔
ABOUT YOUR Instructor
Lise Funderburg studied at Reed College and the Columbia University School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Threepenny Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, National Geographic, Salon, The Nation, More, and The Chattahoochee Review.
Her latest book is Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), a collection of all-new work by 25 writers, which Publishers Weekly deemed a “sparkling anthology” in its starred review. Her previous book was Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home (Free Press, 2008), which was chosen as the Drexel University Freshman Read in 2012. Pig Candy fits into several genres—including narrative nonfiction, memoir, travelogue, and biography—but essentially, it’s a book about life, death, and barbecue.
Testimonials from past students:
“Great job of presenting new strategies to keep me writing!”
“Very well organized and illuminating.”
“I really, really felt comfortable with Lise as a person guiding us…she was so relatable, warm, and committed to offering helpful advice.”
“Lise helped me find my voice when I dove into writing to process some difficult and painful life experiences. She patiently walked me through early drafts that read more like diary entries than memoir, and through her wise counsel, I found a road map to give voice to my experience and rediscover the joy of writing.”
“She created a wonderful roadmap to follow!”
“THANK YOU!!! Loved this very thoughtful, inspirational, and informative presentation.”
THE FINE PRINT
We understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers.
Before the class, you may request a full refund.
Please keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins.
Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com
