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Memoir 1 Memorable Memoir Workshop

Online Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15, Feb 22 (5 Saturday Mornings)10:00am - 1:00pm Pacific$475Limited Spots

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Have you ever thought about turning your life’s trials and tribulations into a NY Times bestseller? In this five-week Online Memoir Writing Workshop, Erika Schickel (2 Memoirs, LA Times) will share her secrets for turning your life’s twists and turns into lively drama! Her fun, all new in-class exercises will help you infuse your most fascinating memories with authenticity and personality. She’ll cover crucial topics such as how to craft a compelling emotional journey for your main character, digging deep, and writing with vivid, compelling detail.

erika schickel memoirBy the end of the class, you’ll have written a stack of moving scenes and have blended imagination with history to craft a draft of a memoir piece that is uniquely yours! Plus, you can bring in up to 1200 words every other class for feedback. Experienced and beginning writers welcome.

37 students have published books after taking class!

Note: If you have never taken a Memoir writing class before, we strongly recommend you take Memoir 101 in addition to this class.

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Erika Schickel

2 Memoirs, LA Times

Erika Schickel is the author of The Big Hurt (Hachette Books, 2021) and You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom (Kensington Books, 2007). Her reviews, opinions and reporting have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tin House, Salon, the LA Weekly, Bust Magazine and elsewhere. She has taught memoir and essay. MORE

“Her feedback is really great. She makes herself available for craft questions throughout and the lessons she gives are really informative and helpful. You really feel like she is pulling for you and giving you the tools to create the best project possible.”
“Erika has a wide breadth of useful information for writing memoir. She gives vivid and helpful examples from her own experience as a writer and her process with candor and honesty. She gave good notes for edits and strengthening my material.”
“She gave us useful writing exercises, very thorough and kind critiques of our work, and suggested readings. Erika was great!”
“Erika broke down the craft of memoir so clearly and in a way that felt useful. Her teaching of craft translated the abstract idea of writing a memoir into tangible methods for actually getting the work done & then making sense of it later. LOVED HER!!! Also, I appreciate the balance of craft lesson with workshopping, so that our critical thinking is informed by a lesson.”
“Erika distilled the craft of memoir in a way that was so digestible, identifiable, and replicable for me. I've taken memoir classes before, and she helped me see and understand things in a way that I haven't before. This class was so practical, too - do your daily pages, let's check in about your writing life, etc. I would leave class and see the things she was saying/pointing out in things I was reading. I liked that she incorporated writing exercises. I needed someone to be like, "Here's a thing, go! See what happens!"”
“Erika is phenomenal! She clearly explained the reasons why we resist writing, gave us a lot of great ideas to combat them and shared her own personal experiences to drive home her powerful points. I enjoyed how interactive and engaging this class was. Erika is both compassionate and calls us out on our excuses/BS so we can become our best writer selves.”
“Erika's Resistance Smackdown is like a shot of B12 into your writing patterns. It's totally energizing and inspiring.”
“She listened, paced the class well, provided a good list of reference books, answered every question, had an engaging, clear and caring communication style. She was a fun and natural teaching approach.”
“She really understands writing and expresses her knowledge very well. Erika did an excellent job covering the elements and structure of a memoir.”
“Erika's class was exactly what I needed. I loved her clear directives on how to build a work that others may want to read and craft a narrative that is relevant, creative, and authentic. She is no-nonsense, inspirational and the kind of kick in the ass I personally needed to keep working on something that I've wanted to articulate for years. She's also wonderfully insightful and caring. I loved working with her so very much.”
“Erika was incredibly SMART, thoughtful, insightful, compassionate, cool and funny. The structure of the class was great with a master class at top, then writing exercises, followed by our pages.”
“She gave us useful writing assignments, suggested books, lead a dynamic and enjoyable class. Class was first rate!”
“I have truly enjoyed Erika’s memoir class. I’ve been a writer for 23 years and I still learned something new every week!”

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