Join us for a writer workshop to learn the different ways you can write a memoir and how to put your story into words. Whether it’s for publication or to preserve family history, writing a memoir can be a satisfying project. Memoir can be short and focused, long and developed, or punctuated with photos or artwork.  Experience writing instruction, small group brainstorming, in-class writing exercises, and a workable plan to keep you writing after you leave.

You will learn how to use your own life and its obstacles to write a compelling memoir. Explore where to start your story, create structure, how to use dialogue, the greater disciplines of writing, and more.

Please bring a pen and notebook, or laptop/tablet with a writing application.

Audience: Anyone who has been thinking about writing a memoir or personal history or is in the process of writing one (ages 18+).

When: Thursday, June 5, 6-7:30 p.m.

TLC Studios is located at 390 Washington Street in Dedham, Ma. There is easy, free parking at Keystone Lot (10 Eastern Ave.).

About the Facilitator

Jane Brogan

Jan Brogan is a journalist and the author of four murder mysteries, a much-acclaimed historical true crime book, personal essays published in books and newspapers, and a co-author of The Creative Current on Substack. She has taught journalism to teenagers at Boston University’s Summer Journalism Academy for a decade, and has run classes and workshops on novel writing and memoir at several other Boston-area universities, adult learning programs and writing conferences. She was awarded a Scholastic Art & Writing gold medal for writing instruction in 2020. Currently she is co-writing a memoir about the career of whale scientist Nan Hauser.