Writing Our Lives: A Nonfiction Short Story Workshop

Name: Writing Our Lives: A Nonfiction Short Story Workshop
Start: 2024-10-01T17:45:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-01T19:30:00-07:00
Location: Chaucer's Bookstore

Schedule

Tue Oct 01 2024 at 05:45 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Chaucer's Bookstore | Santa Barbara, CA

Join Chaucer's Books generative writing workshop led by two of Santa Barbara's local memoir writers, Jenna Tico and Patricia Fancher.
Bring pens, notebooks, and a willing spirit to follow the creative invitations of the workshop leaders. Participants will leave with engaging, sensory rich writing based on their personal experiences. Register at the link in our bio.
Your story is worth writing! Join us to find new paths to writing our lives.
Due to limited space, please only register for this event if you are committed to attending.
REGISTER HERE >> https://forms.gle/Jy6nqKgcL3b2xZ8A7
After registering, we will notify folks that have a space in the workshop and those that may be on the waiting list.
For those that are confirmed, participants will meet at Chaucer's Books to check-in and then the group will walk to CoreSports' Wellness Center (by Harry's) for the workshop itself.
Patricia Fancher, PhD is a researcher, writer, and teacher based in Santa Barbara, CA. She teaches creative writing and digital storytelling at UCSB. She lives on the west side with her cat and her garden. The garden is struggling and her cat is obsessed with her. https://www.pfancher.com/
Jenna Tico is a multi-disciplinary artist and ninth-generation Santa Barbarian. A longtime nonprofit professional and group facilitator, she is passionate about offering spaces for the intersection of art and healing, and currently hosts a monthly true storytelling series called Backbone. Her first full-length memoir, Cancer Moon: How I Survived the Best Years of My Life is out 9/17/24 via She Writes Press. She lives in Samarkand with her husband, son, and extremely fickle cat.