Class Description
Is your life story begging to be told? Have you lived through something so layered and complex that you need to write a book about it? Have you struggled to find your life experience represented in memoirs? Do you feel ready to share your story in hopes of finding an audience that can relate?
How to Write a Memoir is the perfect place to begin your memoir writing journey with GrubStreet. In three hours, you’re going to learn everything you need to know about the fundamentals of memoir writing, including memoir structure, writing about yourself and loved ones as characters, and finding your memoir’s narrative arc. We’ll cover what it takes, realistically, to bring your book from an exciting idea to a completed manuscript (and yes, in our opinion, this includes workshopping your memoir with other writers!). As a part of this class, you’ll have a chance to begin the first stages of mapping out your memoir, connect with other aspiring memoirists, and learn more about upcoming opportunities to move your memoir project forward in a GrubStreet workshop.
Writing Roadmap: We've created a simple, goal-based writing roadmap to help you find the perfect GrubStreet course for your writing needs.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.