Bronx Memoir Project (BMP) Workshop Series: The Autofiction Novel In Verse

The Bronx Council on the Art (BCA) is honored to announce instructor Elisabet Velasquez as part of the , which empowers Bronx residents to share their unique stories. Join us online or at BCA HQ (2700 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461) for this free hybrid workshop series open to all regardless of writing experience.

The Autofiction Novel In Verse

This workshop series uses a writer's lived experience to shape a narrative arc. Saturday sessions will include a mix of curated readings, craft techniques, generative writing and group feedback sessions. By the end of the sessions, writers will have developed a body of work rooted in their own narrative truth.

Class I: The Story That Lives In The Bones

Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 11:00am-1:00pm | Zoom and BCA Headquarters

Intro to Autofiction: Craft instruction will focus on persona poems, the lived experience as story scenes and emotional truth versus factual truth.

Class II: The Novel In Verse

Saturday, March 14, 2026 | 11:00am-1:00pm | Zoom and BCA Headquarters

This workshop will focus on crafting a narrative arc using poetry. We will examine how form aids in meaning making for the reader and focus on building scenes that move our story forward.

NOTE: NO CLASS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2026

Class III: Revising

Saturday, April 4, 2026 | 11:00am-1:00pm | Zoom and BCA Headquarters

Writers will learn revision techniques and sharpen their work by identifying opportunities to use language that is strong, specific and surprising to the reader.

Class IV: Publishing Your Work - What Now?

Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 11:00am-1:00pm | VIRTUAL ONLY

This workshop will give writers an overview of the literary landscape. Writers will leave with a general understanding of self publishing vs. traditional publishing as well as what a query letter and book proposal are.

NOTE: The workshop on Saturday, April 11th will take place via Zoom ONLY.

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Host or Publisher Bronx Council on the Arts