Writing from Life

Name: Writing from Life
Start: 2025-09-20T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Thomas Jefferson Library

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Thomas Jefferson Library | Falls Church, VA

How do you see the world? Do certain experiences from your life call you to write? And how will you cull the stories you need to tell from the complicated tangle of memory?
In this program on writing creative nonfiction with author and educator Ellen Herbert, we'll explore what is “true writing.” Memoirs can be described as a collection of stories about one’s life that have a focus, such as: food, poverty, disability, difficult parents. We'll consider memoirs we’ve read and enjoyed or not. What makes a memoir memorable?
Learn more: bit.ly/Sep20_WritingFromLife