COURSE SUMMARY:

Have you ever wanted to transform your experiences into stories? Join us for a six-week course during which we’ll consider truth, memory and storytelling techniques as we write about aspects of our own lives.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Writing memoir empowers us to convert our own unique experiences to the page.  During the sessions, we will consider various aspects of memoir writing, including voices, truth versus memory, and chronological and non-chronological storytelling and take part in weekly writing exercises.  By the end of this course, you will have begun to develop your own portfolio of memoir writing.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Participants will develop confidence in writing skills in a range of style and formats as they learn about voice, selection of themes and storytelling techniques.  They will also have access to weekly feedback from the course tutor. :

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Originally from Belfast, Elaine Canning is a writer, editor, workshop facilitator and public engagement specialist.  She is currently Head of Special Projects at Swansea University, Wales, which include Rhys Davies National Short Story Competition, the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the DylanED educational programme.  She has authored a monograph and papers on Spanish Golden-Age drama and her short stories have appeared in Nation.Cymru and The Lonely Crowd.  She is editor of a number of short story anthologies and her debut novel, The Sandstone City, was published by Aderyn Press in 2022.

TO BOOK

Cost of course is £99.  

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