Turning Life Experiences into Micro Memoir
One-day workshop with Laura Oliver
Thursday, September 12 • 1-3pm
Faculty Lounge
Hodson Hall
Free admission
Write your life story as you lived it, one moment at a time. This interactive workshop teaches writers to distill a moment of change, conflict, contradiction, or mystery to its essence, so that the impact on the writer resonates profoundly with the reader. We will examine inspiring published examples to learn exactly how the writer moved and entertained us. You will be inspired to write your life story, one anecdote at a time.
Laura J. Oliver is an award-winning developmental story editor, author of "The Story Within: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers" (published by Penguin Random House), a weekly columnist for the Spy Media Newspaper Group, and a feature writer on NPR station WHCP. She is a graduate of Washington College who holds an MFA from Bennington College and has taught at the University of Maryland and St. John's College.