Telling Your Story: Memoir & Personal Writing

Schedule

Wed Oct 05 2022 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

Location

New Women Space | Brooklyn, NY

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We all have stories to tell. Come explore yours!
About this Event

Have a personal story you’ve been itching to share? Want to learn more about yourself through creative writing? This class is a supportive, open environment for unpacking your personal narrative. We all have stories to tell. Come explore yours!


Class #1- Choosing Your Topic

● What is personal writing?

● What story do you want to tell?

● How do you want to tell it?

● In-class generative exercises


Class #2- Making A Game Plan

● Review from last workshop

● Prepping your “story roadmap”

● Starting the first draft

● Finishing up your first draft at home


Class #3- Building & Editing

● Review from last workshop

● How to give helpful creative feedback

● Break-out partner share (optional)

● Additional draft work at home (if desired)


Class #4- Your Day!

● Whatever you feel you need to do to get your story where you want it to be!

● For those who hope to share next week, we'll go over sharing tips.

● At-home final polishing and preparing for share day!


Class #5- Share Day!

● Those who wish to share will present portions of their writing (as a class, we will decide if we want this final share day to be private, or open to friends, family, and community)


About Reid:

Reid Pope (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer whose work has been featured in PAPER Magazine, Interview, and Vulture. Their theatrical work has been recognized by The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, The Princess Grace Foundation, Edinburgh Fringe, & more. Reid also has a popular weekly newsletter (reidpope.substack.com) where they write fast-and-furious, sometimes comical, sometimes serious personal essays. Reid has a B.A. in English Nonfiction and is a current MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at NYU.


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New Women Space, 188 Woodpoint Road, Brooklyn, United States

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