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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | The Art of Reflection in Memoir: How to Step In and When to Step Out
DESCRIPTION:Reflection is one of the most powerful techniques in memoir but also one of the most misused. Learn how to craft your insights to deepen the narrative rather than interrupting.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir Included in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nIn a memoir\, you’re writing from the future\, looking back. That’s the gift of memoir: perspective that your past self didn’t have. But knowing when to use that insight and how much is one of the craft challenges writers struggle with most. Step in too quickly and you flatten the tension. Interpret too much and you rob the reader of the experience. Yet stay too firmly in the past and you’ll lose the meaning the whole story builds toward. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll look closely at what reflection actually does in memoir: how reflective and retrospective narration connects to themes\, reveals character growth\, and illuminates what couldn’t be known in the moment—and how it can just as easily disrupt a scene\, signal a lack of trust in the reader\, or become a crutch for scenes that need more work. We’ll read examples from published memoirs to see how skilled writers deploy reflection at exactly the right moment and why it lands. \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave with a clear framework for evaluating the reflection in your own manuscript: where to cut\, where to deepen\, and where to let the scene do the work without commentary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXAMINE the difference between the narrative\, reflective\, and retrospective voices—and when to use each one.\n\n\n\nLEARN five tools for using reflection effectively\, using examples from published memoirs. \n\n\n\nIDENTIFY (and learn to avoid) the most common pitfalls of reflection.\n\n\n\nDISCOVER targeted writing exercises for folding reflection into your narratives. \n\n\n\nDEVELOP an editorial eye to distinguish between reflection that amplifies a scene and reflection that is intrusive or diffuses the tension.\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers \n\n\n\n\nwith a complete or in-progress memoir and are looking to revise\n\n\n\nwho’ve been told their manuscript “over-explains” or that readers feel “told rather than shown”\n\n\n\nstruggling to know when to let a scene breathe versus when to step in with the narrator’s adult understanding\n\n\n\nwhose early drafts are full of meaning-making they know needs to be cut—but aren’t sure what to keep\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatie Bannon’s teaching is encouraging and practical\, with step-by-step guidance and concrete tools. Writers who want to access deep creativity with a solid framework will love her classes!  \n\n\n\nKatie Bannon is a writer\, editor\, and educator whose work has appeared in The Rumpus\, ELLE Magazine\, NPR\, Newsweek\, Narratively\, and more. Her memoir manuscript\, which charts her journey as a compulsive hair puller\, was a finalist for the Permafrost Nonfiction Book Prize. A graduate of GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator\, she holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Emerson College. She is a developmental editor who loves working with nonfiction writers to find the “story” behind the “situation” of their memoirs and essays. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two cats. Find Katie at www.katiebannon.comREFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:SEASON PASS | Webinar Subscription Special
DESCRIPTION:Unlock every CRAFT TALKS webinar from January to June 2027 (plus office hours) with one simple pass!\n\n\n\nYour Season Pass registers you automatically for all 25 CRAFT TALKS webinars through June 2027\, with live access\, replays\, and follow-up materials for each. You’ll also get three drop-in\, live-editing office hours with writing coach and editor Allison K Williams\, where you can ask questions\, meet other writers\, and get feedback on your pages. And you’ll have access to a private forum just for Season Pass holders. \n\n\n\nHere’s what that means…\n\n\n\nSeason Pass holders are registered for all 25 webinars this season. No sign-ups. No stress. Less worry about missing the next great webinar. \n\n\n\nFor each webinar\, you’ll receive:\n\n\n\n\nLive access to each session\, where you can ask questions and take away ideas you can put into action right away.\n\n\n\nA replay and downloadable materials (slides\, notes\, and any follow-up resources)\, delivered to your inbox within 3 business days of the live event. Download them within 30 days\, and they’re yours to keep permanently.\n\n\n\nA private online forum to check in\, connect\, and share with other season pass holders!\n\n\n\n\nYou don’t need to attend live to get full value from the pass. Many season pass holders watch on their own schedule. \n\n\n\nPlus\, drop-in office hours with Allison!\n\n\n\nThree sessions with writing coach\, editor\, and co-founder of CRAFT TALKS\, Allison K Williams (dates TBD). Think of them as small-group conversations\, where you get to: \n\n\n\n\nAsk questions about craft and your current project\n\n\n\nLearn from watching live edits on submitted work\n\n\n\nGet feedback if you submit pages and attend the hour\, even if Allison doesn’t live-edit yours\n\n\n\n\n“Pages” means whatever you’re working on now\, whether that’s a memoir\, essays\, fiction\, or something you’re just getting started on. You bring what’s on your desk! \n\n\n\n\n“I am always in awe of Allison’s wise and perceptive edits and observations and will look forward to more in the next season of CRAFT TALKS.” — Donna C. \n\n\n\n\nThroughout the season\, you’ll learn from acclaimed teachers and authors across the craft of writing\, the writer’s life\, and the business of writing.  \n\n\n\nWebinar lineup \n\n\n\nJanuary \n\n\n\n\nJan 6: Bethany Jarmul\, Goal Setting for Writers\n\n\n\nJan 13: Allison K Williams\, Newsletters and Substack\n\n\n\nJan 20: Amy L. Bernstein\, The Goldilocks of Book Research: Infusing Just the Right Amount Into Your Nonfiction or Fiction\n\n\n\nJan 27: Patrick Madden\, Writing the Undramatic Narrative Essay\n\n\n\n\nFebruary \n\n\n\n\nFeb 3: Dinty W. Moore\, Embracing the Power and Flexibility of Hybrid Memoir\n\n\n\nFeb 10: Katie Bannon\, The Dreaded So What? How to Build Stakes\n\n\n\nFeb 17: Michelle Cutler\, Memoir and Reported Nonfiction\n\n\n\nFeb 24: Ethan Gilsdorf\, Understanding Point of View\n\n\n\n\nMarch \n\n\n\n\nMar 3: Allison K Williams\, Reaction\, Reflection\, Narrative\n\n\n\nMar 10: Andrea A. Firth\, Submit Smarter\n\n\n\nMar 17: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Backstory\n\n\n\nMar 24: Brenda Miller and Holly J. Hughes\, Mindfulness and Writing\n\n\n\n\nApril \n\n\n\n\nApr 7: Katie Bannon\, How to End a Memoir\n\n\n\nApr 14: Allison K Williams\, Spiral Structure Scenes\n\n\n\nApr 21: Ethan Gilsdorf\, The Braided and Research Essay\n\n\n\nApr 28: Brenda Miller\, Speculation and Creative Nonfiction: Embracing Imagination\n\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 5: David Wogahn\, Self-Publishing Foundations\n\n\n\nMay 12: Laraine Herring\, Remembering Your Why: Inspiration\, Hope\, and Strategy for Writers in Unstable Times\n\n\n\nMay 19: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Flashback\n\n\n\nMay 26: Brenda Miller\, Micro and Flash: Writing Small to Write Big\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJun 2: Andrea A. Firth\, What Makes an Essay Unforgettable? Lessons from the Best of Contemporary Nonfiction\n\n\n\nJun 9: Allison K Williams\, Write Your Synopsis\n\n\n\nJun 16: Bethany Jarmul\, Level Up Your Writing: Sentence-Level Revision Strategies\n\n\n\nJun 23: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Context and Specificity\n\n\n\nJun 30: Ethan Gilsdorf\, TBD\n\n\n\n\nTopics and dates are subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant a season of learning\, feedback\, and progress?It’s already on the calendar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fine Print\n\n\n\n✨ This is a limited opportunity\, and we’re excited about our commitment to you! \n\n\n\n📅 Can’t attend live? No worries! You’ll always get the recording and can download the webinars to watch at your convenience. \n\n\n\n🚫 No refunds after Jan 6\, 2027. \n\n\n\n❌ The Season Pass does not include seminars\, intensives\, workshops\, or masterclasses. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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