Meet Your Memoir: Write the story of your life, one hour at a time

Name: Meet Your Memoir: Write the story of your life, one hour at a time
Start: 2024-09-30T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-30T20:45:00-07:00
Location: Bula Kava House

Schedule

Mon Sep 30 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Bula Kava House | Portland, OR

Our last gathering had us spilling all our secrets. Next up, we’re finding the journey in the journal: What makes memoir more than recollection?
�Every memoir has at least one theme. Certain threads or patterns may emerge in our journaling over time, but those daily reflections are not usually as tightly focused as a memoir narrative. Keeping a journal is good for noting details that will be useful in crafting a memoir, but how do we ultimately settle on a unifying direction (loose though it may be)?
We’ll discuss allll that before we settle into our writing time.
This limited-series meetup offers inspiration, accountability, and friendly support for anyone who wants to *finally* write their memoir. Note: If you’re creating an illustrated, graphic novel-style memoir, you are also very welcome to come sketch and/or write with us. We welcome writers no matter their level of experience, and we won’t be formally workshopping our writing. The only qualification is the desire to get your story down on paper or screen. You’ll come away with fresh perspectives and new work to fuel your writing practice for the week. (Psst: you can actually work on whatever you like, we won't ask you to prove it's a memoir ;o))
We’ll do a solid hour of writing, framed by memoir-relevant discussion and a little socializing. We start at 6:30 with a lively discussion about a memoir-related topic (not specific books, but relevant themes). Then at 7 pm, we write! We’ll write for 30 minutes, take a 10-min. break, then do another 30 mins. of writing. Our final half hour+ is reserved for further discussion and socializing; we can also share our work if we want to.
**When: 6:30-8:45pm, most Mondays, over 8 weeks: **Aug. 19; Sept. 9, 23, 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28.