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MEMORABLE MEMOIR ONLINE (7 WK)

Writing Pad
Los Angeles, CA

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You know your story. It's about you, after all. But how do you make your tale so engaging that it pulls the reader in page after page? In this class, successful memoirist Sara Benincasa takes you behind the scenes, exploring techniques for making the truth more compelling than fiction. Though in-class lectures and writing exercises, you'll explore the essential ingredients of memoir: voice, story structure, character, and conflict, and take writing "what you know" to the next level. You'll also learn how to write personal stories and find the through-line in your life as a whole. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your memoir for targeted feedback each session for the in-person class and every other session for the online class! By the end of the class, you'll have crafted several chapters of your memoir and made them so intriguing, agents will return your calls! Experienced and beginning writers welcome.

Instructor: Sara Benincasa
June 22, July 13, 20, 27, August, 10, 17, 24 (7 Sundays)
12:00 PM - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $395
Location: Online
Note: Class is limited to 10 students.

About Sara Benincasa:
Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian and author of the books "Great" and "Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom" from William Morrow (a division of HarperCollins), a book based on her critically acclaimed solo show about panic attacks and agoraphobia. Her comedy has won praise from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times, and has earned her an ECNY (Emerging Comedian of New York) Award and a Webby nomination. Sara is currently working on her third book, "Believers," due out from HarperTeen in summer 2015. Inspired by "Lord of the Flies," it's about a group of evangelical Christian teen girls from Texas who crash-land on a deserted island.Sara has a degree in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. She has an M.A. in Secondary School Education from Teachers College at Columbia University.