IN PERSON: A sense of home can come from memories of a place, people, an era — and can be a gateway to writing one's life stories. Focusing on a different aspect of the idea of "home" each week, students will read two to three micromemoirs with a variety of approaches to writing in this "flash" form (less than 1,000 words), and will be given an optional prompt to help guide and deepen their writing on the week’s topic. All writing will be done between class meetings, with students sending their pieces to the instructor a few days before class. The instructor will send these micromemoirs to participants as one document, allowing a day and a half for reading and reflecting before class. Facilitated discussions will provide each student with thoughtful peer feedback and written notes from the instructor. Students will leave with one or more short-memoir drafts, notes for revision, a cache of resources for further exploration, and strengthened confidence in telling their own stories. | Facilitated discussion, Active Skill Learning.
Max enrollment: 9.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
