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Memoir Writing: Advanced

Get your memoir polished and ready to publish

Memoir Writing: Advanced
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WHEN 8 weeks, Mondays, September 15 - November 10, 6:45-9:45 pm

WHERE New York (Soho)

LEVEL Advanced

PRICE
$499 ($475 for )
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Course Details

You have a great, first-hand story. You have a pretty good idea of the structure, plot, theme, characters. You lived the life, learned the lessons. You even put some of it on paper. You have a partly -- or even mostly -- finished essay, chapter, or book, but how can you get it polished and ready to publish?

Whether you have a jumble of chapters that need surgical attachment or a personal essay lethargic from anemia, this class is for writers who need help putting life, zest, and polish in their work before pressing the Send key to agents and publishers. This class will help you ready your manuscript for publication.

In this class you will:

  • Diagnose what's ailing your writing
  • Learn to love your narrator
  • Tone and firm flabby structure and style
  • Say it without saying it: cool narrative techniques
  • Learn the secrets of good dialogue
  • Overcome fear of success (that's why you're never "finished")
  • Write better beginnings and extraordinary endings

By the end of class, you will have:
A perfectly polished chunk of memoir (or two polished essays) with a clear set of next steps for finishing your manuscript and submitting it for publication

Admission Requirements:
Please send a letter of interest (including a brief work history) and a writing sample (less than 2,000 words).

Related Courses

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• Memoir Writing – New York (Class starts September 4)
• Nonfiction Book Proposal Writing – New York (Class starts September 3)

Instructor Bio

Kimberlee Auerbach's Courses

Memoir Writing – New York (Class starts September 4)
Memoir Writing: Advanced – New York (Class starts September 15)

Kimberlee Auerbach
Kimberlee Auerbach is the author of the memoir The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life in Tarot (Dutton 2007). She is a former breaking news producer who now writes and performs fulltime. She has performed her comedic monologues throughout New York City at venues such as The Original Improv, The Kraine Theater, and The Bitter End. Her one-woman show played to sold-out houses at the New York International Fringe Festival, and she has competed in several Moth GrandSLAM Championships. For more information about Kimberlee check out www.kimmiland.com.

Testimonials


"Kimmee is a nurturing, giving teacher who provided us with a safe, secure environment to share our writing. I walked into her class ready to give up on my project, and I left with a renewed vision and plan." -Jessica Eule, mediabistro.com

Kimberlee encouraged us and we became much better writers. I looked forward to class every week. Kimberlee is insightful, focused and humorous. Kimberlee embodies the insight, focus and humor of a rare breed, the excellent, unforgettable teacher. -Elaine Perlman
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