Workshop: ‘Telling Your Truth: Writing Memoir’

Denison University’s Center for Narrative Journalism presents a series of “Tell Better Stories” workshops led by locals supported by the Mellon grant in downtown Newark.

Heather Shaw will lead the March workshop: “Telling Your Truth: Writing Memoir.”

Everyone has a story to tell. Isn’t it time you told yours? In this personal essay workshop, we’ll tackle the basics of writing about ourselves in a way that is honest and engaging for a wider audience, including writing about family, writing truthfully from memory, and choosing what to include (and what to leave out) to keep the story moving in the right direction. We’ll spend some time breaking down successful memoirs to see what makes them tick and apply what we learn to our own projects. Participants will come away with some practical strategies for choosing a topic, outlining the story, and finishing that first draft.

Shaw is a freelance writer from Newark, Ohio and winner of the Award of Excellence from the Columbus Arts Festival.

Workshop is free and open to the public.
Registration is required.
To register, email Beth Lossing at lossingb@denison.edu.

Event funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and a gift by alumna Sue O’Donnell.