Instructor: Alexandra Soiseth
Length: 5 sessions, $450
Mondays, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
 

In this course we will use on-line multi-media resources, real-time meetings, and group work to inspire and guide you through the starting of your memoir. Initially we will write toward the discovery of the material of your story, then find and practice the elements of personal storytelling to maximize the potential of that story. We will learn the essentials of peer critique and use them during our weekly meetings on-line. Between class meetings, you will work with the on-line resources assembled for this class, and build your story scene by scene. By the end of this five-week program you will have a draft of the initial chapters of your memoir.

Alexandra Soiseth has been teaching personal writing and memoir for over 15 years. She is the author of the memoir Choosing You, published by Seal Press in 2008. She is the recipient of a Canada Arts Council grant, an Ontario Arts Council grant, and is the former managing editor of and communications director for Global City Review, a New York City based literary magazine. Her work has appeared on babycenter.com, literarymama.com, and in McGill Street Magazine, The Ryersonian, and on the radio program LifeRattle, among others. 



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If you have questions about the registration process, please call us at 914-395-2205 or email writinginstitute@sarahlawrence.edu.