You know your story. It’s about you, after all. But how do you make your tale so engaging that it pulls the reader in page after page? In this 5 week memoir class in San Francisco, successful memoirist Katie Hafner takes you behind the scenes, exploring techniques for making the truth more compelling than fiction. Though in-class lectures and writing exercises, you’ll explore the essential ingredients of memoir: voice, story structure, character, and conflict, and take writing “what you know” to the next level. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your memoir for targeted feedback each session! By the end of the class, you’ll have crafted several chapters of your memoir and made them so intriguing, agents will return your calls! Experienced and beginning writers welcome.
About Katie Hafner:
Katie Hafner is the the author of “Mother Daughter Me,” which was selected as an 2013 Oprah Book of The Week and Oprah’s one of seven powerful memoirs to kick off the year. The New York Times proclaimed her book “The Best Memoir I’ve Read” in 2013. Katie is also a journalist who was on staff at The New York Times for ten years, where she remains a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The New Republic, The Huffington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould.
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About Katie Hafner:
Katie Hafner is the the author of “Mother Daughter Me,” which was selected as an 2013 Oprah Book of The Week and Oprah’s one of seven powerful memoirs to kick off the year. The New York Times proclaimed her book “The Best Memoir I’ve Read” in 2013. Katie is also a journalist who was on staff at The New York Times for ten years, where she remains a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The New Republic, The Huffington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould.
You know your story. It’s about you, after all. But how do you make your tale so engaging that it pulls the reader in page after page? In this 5 week memoir class in San Francisco, successful memoirist Katie Hafner takes you behind the scenes, exploring techniques for making the truth more compelling than fiction. Though in-class lectures and writing exercises, you’ll explore the essential ingredients of memoir: voice, story structure, character, and conflict, and take writing “what you know” to the next level. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your memoir for targeted feedback each session! By the end of the class, you’ll have crafted several chapters of your memoir and made them so intriguing, agents will return your calls! Experienced and beginning writers welcome.
About Katie Hafner:
Katie Hafner is the the author of “Mother Daughter Me,” which was selected as an 2013 Oprah Book of The Week and Oprah’s one of seven powerful memoirs to kick off the year. The New York Times proclaimed her book “The Best Memoir I’ve Read” in 2013. Katie is also a journalist who was on staff at The New York Times for ten years, where she remains a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The New Republic, The Huffington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould.
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About Katie Hafner:
Katie Hafner is the the author of “Mother Daughter Me,” which was selected as an 2013 Oprah Book of The Week and Oprah’s one of seven powerful memoirs to kick off the year. The New York Times proclaimed her book “The Best Memoir I’ve Read” in 2013. Katie is also a journalist who was on staff at The New York Times for ten years, where she remains a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The New Republic, The Huffington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould.
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