Objects Lost and Found; A Memoir Writing Workshop

In this all-levels workshop with award-winning writer and editor Melisse Gelula, we'll explore using personal source materials—an old letter, a family photo, medical records, a voicemail, etc.,—as a tool of discovery to help deepen and structure your writing. Together we’ll look at examples of how source material functions in the gorgeous memoirs of Natasha Trethewey and Suzanne Scanlon. Then we'll identify our own objects of personal resonance, and tap into sense memories to draft short scenes around them. Attendees will receive ideas and motivation for continuing their draft at home. If time allows, some attendees may have the opportunity to share their new work.
Please bring a pen and notebook. You do not need to bring any objects to class—we will be working from memory.

Ages 18 and up. No formal writing experience necessary