Instructor: Nina Munteanu
Have you been writing your memoir for years, waiting to finish it and hoping to publish? You may be looking for direction on how and where to start and proceed and where to finish. Memoirs, like all good creative non-fiction, tell a story. Internationally published novelist and writing coach Nina Munteanu shares details of how you can outline, storyboard and complete your memoir and make it marketable to your target audience.
The 2-day online Lecture & Workshop covers the following:
- Writing for your intended audience
- Formulating the core idea into theme
- Why and how to outline
- Why, how, where and when to do research
- Courage and privacy issues: what and how to reveal
- General discussion of how to incorporate plot with theme in storytelling.
- How to create a good story from truth
- Mechanics of good storytelling (show don’t tell, language, POV, setting, etc.)
This is an interactive workshop and includes exercises for participants to learn directly by doing.
Recommended Resources: The Fiction Writer: Get Published, Write Now! (Starfire World Syndicate) by Nina Munteanu; Writing the Memoir by Judith Barrington.
Time & Schedule: 2-day course of two-hour lecture and discussion/workshop per week with homework assignments; schedule in upcoming Semester TBA.
Cost: $100
Contact: nina.sfgirl@gmail.com [subject: Memoir writing] for information about the course and how to register.
“Nina is not just savvy in the editorial/literary field, but extremely personable—someone you definitely wish to have on your side. She has a multitude of strengths; however, her personal trait won me over…leading me to discover and hence to appreciate her extensive knowledge. Nina, without a doubt, is able to help you achieve your passion.” — Carina Burns, author of the memoir The Syrian Jewelry Box
