Memoir Writing Workshop
Featuring the best of Abby's $249 online course.
Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7pm
- All Ages, bar with ID
Abigail Carter will help you accelerate your memoir by mining memories and using simple tools.
Memoir needs a place to start, so the best place to begin is to write about your own memories. In this session, we will talk about memory in memoir, honesty, voice, and begin setting down some of those memories on paper. Come prepared to write (either on a computer or by hand) and have a large sheet of paper you can draw on. It will be more fun if you have some colored pencils or markers as well. By the end of this session you will have your first free write, a list of memories to write about in your free time, and a clearer understanding of where your story might be going.
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Abigail Carter is CEO of Writer.ly, an online marketplace that connects writers to publishing professionals.
She's an advisory board member of The University of Washington Digital Publishing Program, Seattle Free Lances, The Healing Center, and Hedgebrook.
Abby teaches memoir writing at The Recovery Cafe and Camp Widow, and authored The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow’s Transformation and Remember the Moon. She has published in SELF magazine, Reader’s Digest Canada, MSN.com, and MORE.com—and she's working on “The House and I,” a memoir about owning the Vashon Island home of the late Betty MacDonald, who wrote “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” and “The Egg and I.”
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Wine & Cheese, Brownies & Tea provided. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for snacks & social. Workshop starts at 7 p.m.
Free & Easy Parking's Included in Your Ticket!
This event's hosted by Seattle Free Lances < seattlefreelances.org >. Founded in 1921 as a society of professional writers, Seattle Free Lances welcomes all publishing professionals and writers actively working toward publication.
We support the success of our published members and writers who intend to publish. We meet once a month, usually on the first Tuesday evening, to share stories, seek encouragement, and enjoy the company of our fellow writers.
