Memoir: Getting It Down on Paper

Instructor: Ida Egli

Workshop


Wednesdays, March 18 - April 22, 2015 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Arts Center

$100 members; $115 non-members

Register by:   March 18, 2015
Tuition:   $100 members; $115 non-members
Materials needed:   Paper and pen or pencil

woman writingFor those of us wanting to write the stories of our lives, this class is the place.

We’ll write and discuss our work in class workshop fashion, learning about the art and craft of memoir writing, of personal voice, and the language and style tricks used by masters.

But mostly, we’ll enjoy the ongoing process of creating, revising, and editing non-fiction, beginning with memories begging to be recorded, and ending with sculpted, refined stories, we and/or the world will read with awe.

 

About the Instructor

Ida EgliIda Rae Egli was raised in Mendocino County and taught English and Creative Writing at Santa Rosa Junior College and was department chair there for many years.

She has edited two books, No Rooms of Their Own: Women Writers of Early California and Women of the Gold Rush: Frances Fuller Victor and the New Penelope, and she has published poetry and short stories in diverse literary publications.

She is presently finishing a novel about women in World War II Greece. She lives at The Sea Ranch.