The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
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Writing Memoir I.
May 4, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ellen Szabo.
Writing memoir is a way to figure out who you used to be and how you got to be who you are. This workshop will explore the process of writing unforgettable memoir. In a supportive stimulating atmosphere, participants will learn the rules and how to break them. Includes brief mini-lectures, writing prompts/ten minute free-writes, and facilitated discussion of participant’s work. Previous writing experience is not necessary, focus is on exploration, personal investigation, and discovery of each person’s unique writing voice.
2hrs, 6 weeks, $150.00
Wednesday Afternoons 3:00-5:00
May 4, 11, 18, 25 and June 8, 15
To register, please email Amanda@gloucesterwriters.org
Ellen Szabo, M.Ed. practices and promotes the use of creative writing for personal investigation, enrichment and social change. She is a published author, including two books Love and Apocalypse; Externalizing Your Inner Apocalypse with Creative Writing, and Saving the World One Word at a Time; Writing Cli-Fi. She teaches the annual Creative Writing for Social Work seminar at the University of Iowa, School of Social Work. Her private practice is based in Cape Ann where she writes and teaches with focus on how innovation and creativity can illuminate, inspire and advocate compassionate transformation. She earned her B.A. from Harvard College, with a concentration in English and American Literature, and her M.Ed. from Columbia University Teacher’s College, in Counseling Psychology.