You Do Not Have to Be A Writer: From Memory to Memoir

13h (edited) • 19th Oct to 25th Oct Events

Good afternoon. I’m Dr. Beth.

If the word memoir makes you want to close the tab, stay a minute.

From Memory to Memoir is not a class on how to write a book. It is one hour. One memory. One scene you can finish before the cup gets cold.

You do not need a dramatic life. You do not need to call yourself a writer. A lot of the people I sit with are teachers and parents who spend the day getting other people’s words on the page, and their own story stays in the drawer.

We will do the same small thing I do with a child who says they have nothing to write. Three boxes on a page. Beginning, middle, end. Then we leave the boxes and write the one part that still itches - one part that speaks to you. A face. A room. A sound.

Wednesday, October 21, at 1:00 PM Central. Inside Joan Raymond’s room, A Heart for Writing. The Literacy Lounge is hosting me there and it is free to join. If you only listen, that counts too. The replay will be posted there and in The Literacy Lounge.

Join A Heart for Writing: https://www.skool.com/a-heart-for-writing-3130

The Literacy Lounge: https://www.skool.com/the-literacy-lounge-1481/about

Have you been waiting to be a writer before you write the thing down? You do not have to wait.

Looking forward to seeing you.

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You Do Not Have to Be A Writer: From Memory to Memoir