Memoir Writing Workshop - October

Memoir Writing Workshop for new students and those continuing from
previous classes.

1. Discover and preserve your own memoir and family stories
2. Use writing prompts, exercises, and sharing techniques to
capture memories
3. Learn to enjoy the process while you ferret out story ideas
4. Organize your thoughts and experiences, or elicit stories
from others
5. Consider publishing options for stories or a book

Please bring paper, a notebook or journal, and your favorite writing instrument.

Start Date: Thursday, Oct. 04, 2012

Location: The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, IL 60464
The Center
Phone: 708-361-3650

Presenter: Beth LaMie

6-Word Memoir Exercise

This exercise is to write a summary about your life (a.k.a., a mini-memoir) in just six words. You may want to give it a try from time to time to see what strikes you at the time. Have fun with it as you think about writing your own family stories and memoir.

I'd love to see what you come up with in the Comments below!

Here are some ideas to get you started:

Spring renews me and my soul.

Write. Revise. Rewrite. Revise again. Sigh.

Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin.

Every 20 years I reinvent myself.

I dance daily, watched or not.

I raised a United States Marine.

Former Doc now wears art smock.

Beth LaMie’s: Live. Laugh. Love. Thank God Above!

Call to action: Now try your own 6-Word Memoir in the Comments area!