Micro Memoirs: Generative Workshop

Sunday
June 2, 2024
2:00 PM (EDT)
2 hours

Micro memoirs (also known as flash creative nonfiction) are the art of telling true stories from one’s life with power and brevity. During this online generative workshop, participants will look at examples of evocative micro memoirs and explore what makes them effective. They’ll learn how to create a lasting emotional impact on readers with just a few words by using precise sensory details, poetic devices, and metaphor. Participants will write drafts of micro memoirs of several different lengths during the workshop including a 100-word micro, a 250-word micro, and a 500-word micro.

What You’ll Learn

  • The key elements of a successful micro memoir.
  • How to create emotional resonance so that readers will be thinking about your piece long after they read it.
  • Tips for writing engaging and powerful micro memoirs that lit mag editors and readers will love.

Details

  • Zoom Webinar
  • Sunday, June 2, 2024
  • 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Approximately 2 hours. 
  • Recording sent to all participants. You’re welcome to register even if you cannot attend live.

Cost

  • $20 for webinar only. 
  • $40 for webinar + critique. (If you choose this option, after the webinar, you may submit 1-3 micro memoirs, total of up to 750 words for detailed critique.)

How to Register

  • Step 1: Pay HERE. 
    This link is to my PayPal. Click “send” then enter $20 or $40. (Venmo & Zelle payment options available as well, email bethanyjarmul@gmail.com.)
  • Step 2: Register for the Zoom Event. 
    (Your request to register for the event will be approved when payment is received.)

Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer and poet. She’s the author of a mini-memoir Take Me Home from Belle Point Press, a prose poem chapbook This Strange and Wonderful Existence, and her debut poetry collection Lightning Is a Mother is now available with ELJ Editions. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines including Rattle, Brevity, Salamander, and The Ex-Puritan. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature 2023 and Best Small Fictions 2024, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, The Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Wigleaf Top 50. Connect with her on social media: @BethanyJarmul.

Questions?
bethanyjarmul@gmail.com

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