Writing Workshop: Memoir and More

This six-week workshop is all about encouraging good writing — discussion about what makes good writing happen, about life and how life makes its way to storytelling and, sometimes, even to fiction and memoir.

Participants should bring pen and tablet and be prepared to enjoy the actof writing and of remembering, and of living.

Instructor Ida Rae Egli, raised in Mendocino County, is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, including No Rooms of Their Own: Women Writers of Early California, and her upcoming novel, Krisanthi’s War. She taught language arts and literature, including creative writing and memoir, and was chair of the English Department at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa. She lives with her husband at The Sea Ranch.

• Payments can be refunded until the “register by” date; after that date, no refunds
• If the class does not fill, you will receive a full refund.

Please check that your class has filled before the first meeting date.

If you would like to receive monthly workshop email announcements, please go to our website, GualalaArts.org. Go to the left menu and click “Email sign up.”  After signing in with your current email address, instructions will be mailed to you for updating your email choices.  If you need information on food and lodging in the Gualala Area, go to our website and look under “Visitor Info”.

Materials list

Notebook and writing materials

Registration, Payment & Cancellation Policy

Register at Gualala Arts Center, Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm or call (707) 884-1138.     We accept Visa and Mastercard. Out of town workshop participants: see our Visitor Informationpage, including lodgings & restaurants.

Class must be paid in full at registration. Payments can be refunded (minus a $25 non-refundable fee) until the “register by” date; after that date, no refunds. Classes are filled on a first come first served basis until all spaces are filled. All classes are subject to minimum and maximum enrollment. If the class does not fill, you will receive a full refund. Please check that your class has filled before the first meeting date.