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Improve Your Memoir
Workshop your book with a senior editor at Penguin
Course Details
You've been working on your memoir -- maybe you've even taken a class or two -- but you still think it needs some polishing. This one-day workshop led by Joy Peskin, a senior editor at Penguin, will give you the push you need to take your memoir to the next level. Through in-class critique from the instructor and fellow workshop members, you'll get valuable feedback that will help show you both the strong and weak points in your writing. In-class writing activities will give you new material to add to your story. This class is appropriate for students writing a novel-length memoir or a shorter autobiographical story. Related CoursesTell me when courses like this are scheduled. • The Secrets of First-Person Writing (Video) – ONLINE
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Instructor BioJoy Peskin's Courses Get Over Your Writer's Block – New York
Young Adult Novel Writing Workshop – New York  Testimonials I learned so much from Joy! I produced more under her guidance than I ever believed I could write -- now I have 400 pages of a manuscript. Joy made me grow as a writer in a very short time and I am truly optimistic about what I accomplished with her help. -- Lisa Zeiger"Joy was the most inspirational and dedicated instructor I've ever had. Her comments on my writing were detailed and constructive, and the effort she put into her responses was well beyond what I could have ever expected and enormously helpful. If you are feeling even the teensiest bit of writer's block she will get you through it." -- Nina Sherwin "Joy made it possible for me to understand my writing in totally new ways and put it in a broader context. She was able to take ideas that I'd been grappling with for some time and crystallize them for me in just a few sentences. She was enormously helpful and the course was a pleasure." -- Ellie Parker "Joy's class was a great experience for me. It was the extra push I needed to help motivate me to keep working on my book. Very informative and helpful! I want to go back again!" -- Cara Alwill "Listening closely to everyone's critique was as helpful as listening to my own. I really needed professional feedback from a working editor. I got that from Joy." -- Jacqueline Delibes "Joy's class gave me the confidence to get back into writing my story and actually finishing it. Joy understands her audience and knows what the children's book market is all about -- really important information for writers trying to break into a genre for the first time." -- Randi Gollin "I took Joy's class, and it had a huge impact on me. Since then, I have written over thirty thousand words towards a memoir. After her class, I signed up for a memoir writing class, and am writing a minimum of thirty minutes a day." -- Kate Hall "I flew to New York from Minnesota just to attend and it was well worth both the time and money. I came away with a much more creative direction for my writing. Joy was fantastic. I hope to take this workshop again." -- Ben Olson "Joy was everything that a student needs in an instructor. Down-to-earth, informative, thorough and wonderfully inspiring." -- Philana Marie Boles "With her sincere and warm personality, Joy is able to convey truth so that we can become better writers." -- Barbara Bullard-Leacock |
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