Class Description
If you’ve been following along with our discussions of memoir thus far, you’re probably well-persuaded of the need for a strong narrator. But you also know that you need your memoir to be vivid and engrossing, with plenty of scenes for the reader to sink into—and that there are stretches of your life that will need to simply be summarized, as they are not thematically important enough for scenes but are necessary so as not to confuse the reader. How do you achieve the right balance between these three types of writing? How can you recognize which events should be delivered which way? Please bring a printout of at least 20 pages of draft to class, to give yourself options as to what to work with. These pages need not be polished. Come prepared to read and write!
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. About 15 minutes before your class is scheduled to begin, you'll receive an email from your instructor with a link to join the class meeting!
Zoom Participation:
Students are not required to turn their camera on, but are encouraged to participate any way they feel comfortable through functions such as the live chat, emoji reactions, and unmuting the microphone. Learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
We ask that instructors enable closed captioning and send a transcript of the session after class. You can also enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting. If your instructor forgets to send the transcript, just send ’em an email!