Craft Services

PAST WEBINAR — Order the download!

Get That Memoir Written
With Lizzie Simon

Download

Download (audio and PowerPoint) + lecture notes $30.00

If you're looking to make serious progress on a book project, or just wanting to explore your creativity, Memoir Writing for Pleasure and Purpose is a terrific opportunity to do so. The goal of the class is to learn techniques and practices to move significantly forward in writing compelling narrative nonfiction, and to come into a better understanding of what holds you back. Great memoir writing is all about telling the truth, connecting honest moments, and finding that propulsive storytelling force inside you that will best engage readers on a journey.

Take-aways include:
• exercises to get you going and exercises to see you through
• methods of approaching "What You're Avoiding"
• ways to address common pitfalls in memoir writing
• strategies for creating and maintaining a productive writing practice

Lizzie Simon is the author of Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D, which was published by Atria Books in 2002. Detour was excerpted in Time magazine and HBO Films optioned it for a feature film. Lizzie served as a consultant and field producer on an award winning one-hour, Detour-inspired documentary for MTV. She works as a freelance travel and culture writer, and has taught writing workshops all over the country, including at the University of Pennsylvania, Media Bistro, Actors Equity in NYC, and local chapters of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. She is currently finishing work on a new memoir, tentatively called Soldier’s Heart.