INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING
Title:
Memoir Writing With a Purpose
Description: Many
writers keep a journal or write about their own experiences. Most of this
writing is not shared or published (except on Facebook). Many of us can turn our
own experiences into a lesson for others—a didactic memoir. Short features for
on-line pubs, corporate newsletters and newspapers, full-length magazine pieces,
and book length memoirs, all offer opportunities for the didactic memoir writer.
Dropping your child off for the first day of school, deciding how to bag your
groceries, or climbing a Himalayan mountain are all grist for a didactic memoir.
Ordinary and extraordinary experiences may lead to insights about ethics,
spirituality, philosophy, psychology, etc., which can be turned into articles or
books for the journal writer willing to go beyond the merely descriptive. Jeff
Rasley has published short features, lengthy magazine articles and a book, which
he calls didactic memoirs. He will share his experience and advice with the
class and lead a discussion to encourage participants in their efforts in, or
ideas about, writing memoirs.
Date: March 10, 2012, Saturday seminar program from 1:00 to 4:00
p.m.
Location: WCI classroom
Register on-line: http://www.indianawriters.org/singleclasses.html
I am giving programs about trekking in Nepal, the Basa Village Project and my book, Bringing Progress to Paradise:
- Jan. 10, 2012, Noon, Kiwanis Club of North Central Indianapolis, Nora Public Lib., Indianapolis, IN
- Feb. 19, 2012, 9:00 a.m., Indianapolis First Friends, 3030 Kessler Blvd. East Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46220
- Jan. 21, 2012, Noon, The Ingrid Cummings Show / Rubicon Salon airs every Saturday at noon on 88.7 FM; WICR
