Writing Retreat: Writing the Memoir
Writing the Memoir, a Two-Day Intensive Writing Retreat
February 21 & 28, 2009 Saturdays| 9am-4pm (FULL – Enrollment Closed)
Repeats: June 20 & 27, 2009 Saturdays | 9am – 4pm (FULL – Enrollment Closed)
Waimea Community Education
65-1184 Mamalahoa Hwy | Kamuela, HI 96743
Class Description:
Have you been thinking about writing your memoirs? Now is a great time to get started! Memoir writing is a wonderful way for family and friends to have a glimpse of who you are and what you’ve done. Magazines, anthologies, and book publishers may be interested in your life stories, too. Whether writing for yourself or for others, this two-day writing intensive will teach you the ins and outs of writing this popular form of personal narrative.
You’ll jumpstart your writing with several in-class guided writing exercises and learn how to organize and edit your work. You’ll learn about voice, pacing, scene-setting, character development, details and descriptions. Published author Darien Gee has been teaching creative writing workshops for over 15 years and has helped aspiring and seasoned writers craft their work. If you’ve been wanting to write your memoirs but not sure how to get started, you won’t want to miss this special two-day writer’s retreat.
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To read comments from past students, click here.
Instructor:
Published author Darien Gee writes contemporary women’s fiction under the pen name Mia King. Her debut novel, GOOD THINGS (Berkley/Penguin), was a national bestseller. Her second novel, SWEET LIFE (Berkley/Penguin), was a Doubleday, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club featured pick. Her third novel, TABLE MANNERS (Berkley/Penguin) will be published in August 2009. Darien has served on the boards of ZYZZYVA, a prominent literary journal, and the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library. She has taught creative writing workshops for over 15 years in California and Hawaii and has studied with Judith Barrington, expert memoirist and author of Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art.
Fee
$110
Registration
To reserve your space, call (808) 885-1539 or register online at Waimea Community Education.
Student Log-In
Current registered (June 2009) students, please click here to access additional class information and downloads (you’ll need your password provided in your welcome email).
Alumni access: February 2009, click here.
