WHEN Thursdays, October 17 - December 12,  6:45-9:45 pm ET - Full Schedule WHERE Mediabistro offices, New York, NY PRICE $550 (or $525 for AvantGuild members - details) Add to Calendar iCal | Outlook ALSO STARTS:  Online - 9/24/2013 Notify me when this is offered again.

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Memoir Writing  New York - 10/17/2013 (8 sessions)  $550

Food Writing  New York - 9/11/2013 (6 sessions)  $470

Details

Life stories like Orange is the New Black and The Glass Castle sell copies. Memoirs can be tear-jerkers, but they can also be fun, funny, and heart-warming. It's time for you to write your New York Times bestseller.

This class is geared towards anyone who is ready to write a memoir but needs to learn how to tell it -- and sell it. You'll participate in a stimulating, supportive environment where you can workshop your memoir-in-progress and receive invaluable feedback. 

Through weekly assignments and lectures, you will learn how to turn your idea into a book deal and produce up to 50 pages of text and an outline. You will also learn about craft, style, and the development of your unique voice.

In this class, you will learn how to:

• Find your authentic voice and unlock memories
• Know what the 'theme' of your story is
• Find the most effective structure for your story
• Approach literary agents
• Understand techniques for selling a memoir before you have finished writing it

By the end of class, you will have:
An outline, 50 pages of a memoir, and a plan for approaching literary agents and publishing houses. 

Students who have taken this class have published with:
Crown, Random House,and have gotten agents at William Morris and Brandt & Hochman.

Instructor

Julie Klam is the author of the memoirs Please Excuse My Daughter, You Had Me At Woof, Love At First Bark, and Friendkeeping. Her fifth book will be published in 2014.

She has written for O: The Oprah Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review. Julie's also written for VH1's Pop-Up Video, where she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Class Writing.

Julie Klam's Courses
Memoir Writing – New York (Starts October 17)