Class: Laura Deutsch - Personal Essay & Memoir

Using your life as the source for personal essays, stories, and memoir, you’ll learn techniques to access and shape your material and approach it from new angles. This class is ideal for beginning and more experienced writers who want to learn new creative writing techniques and review the elements of personal essays. Whether writing for yourself, your family, or a wider audience, you’ll learn how to craft engaging, compelling pieces. This workshop includes instruction, in-class writing, and feedback. We will cover topics from character development and dramatic tension to story arc and epiphanies. We will also touch on how and where to get your essays and stories published.