Class Description
This session is part of GrubStreet's Manuscript Month, a programming deep dive into the publishing journey. Learn more about Manuscript Month here!
Turning your idea into an actual book can be an arduous, scary, and uncertain process. With the proper support, however, discovering and writing your memoir or nonfiction book can be an exciting and worthy undertaking.
This four-week session is aimed at helping you discover the best vehicle for your story. Through targeted exercises and in-class writing, you can expect to generate passages that will bring your manuscript to life, with opportunities to share what you produce and get on-the-spot feedback. Each week, we’ll focus on a craft issue like stakes, scope, structural possibilities, and finding the heart of a story. There will be space for facilitated discussions on how to turn your ideas into narrative, and identifying tips and strategies for how to sustainably tackle a manuscript-length project.
This session is for those who feel ready to jump from concept to draft, and for those already on the way who are seeking more clarity and grounding in their drafting process.
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.