by Monica Wooton
Saturday, March 22nd 12:30-4:00pm
Magnolia Branch Public Library
2801 34th Avenue West
Maybe you have always wanted to write down the “good ole days” and teach these tech-savvy young’uns’ a thing or two, explore your crazy Aunt Ida’s penchant for smoking cigars, or re-purpose rumpled and food- stained recipes into a cohesive family history. Maybe you do not even know where to begin or how to start such a thing but it sounds interesting. This free, popular and fun memoir writing workshop is for you!
Discussion from a prior workshop
Participants this past fall used prompts, discussion and advice to write about their childhood and adolescent years. Being sent to an all-girls high school and handling a date became a humorous anecdote. One participant told of her first encounter with a stranger she met at a dance and how the first dance foretold her fate to marry him. Another wrote of fears visiting the basement as a child with its musty smells and old oil furnace that had octopus arms that could “get ya”. We heard of the oatmeal raisin cookies that one mother made that were never good enough to get her child a much-wanted Twinkie trade in the 1960s cafeteria scene. One writer poignantly told of being a foreigner in a land that could not understand her and the ways it affected her early years.
Teachers and students found themselves immersed in a four-hour afternoon session of creative drafting, revising, and critiquing. They tackled fun topics and serious themes. With guidance and gentle feedback provided by Society Co- President Monica Wooton and Board Members Dale Forbus Hogle and Joely Johnson Mork published authors, all present were able to plumb memories and explore Participants share their writing personal histories with an eye to with MHS Teacher Dale Forbus Hogle and enjoy the outcomes. revision on through publication. Seemingly simple writing prompts generated colorful and moving tales, and a receptive group helped each other improve writing skills. You are invited to sign up now. The workshop is FREE. No writing experience necessary. We provide prompts, inspiration and a booklet to write in.
JOIN US! Call (206) 284-2430 to RSVP, Space is limited. The class fills up quickly.
