Adult Writing Workshop: A Ticket to the Truth: Writing Personal Essay and Memoir (In-Person OR Virtual)

Personal essay and book-length memoirs allow writers to explore compelling, central moments from their lives to communicate meaning, universal themes, and takeaways to readers, transforming experience into narrative art. We will explore conventions of the form, such as self-disclosure and deep examination, creating tension, character arc, using scenes and dialogue, distilling the "one big thing" your piece is about, and the blurry boundaries of fact and imagination in creative nonfiction.