Six Sundays, 2:30-5 p.m: April 18, May 16, June 6, July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12 $335 members/$365 others San Francisco

Prerequisite: At least one prior 5-week or longer Writing Salon memoir or personal essay class (or the equivalent)

Have you embarked on the writing of memoir and find you need some guidance and encouragement? Are you wondering about ways to craft a memoir that is indeed shapely, intense, fascinating…and publishable?  “The artful memoir isn’t easy to knock off,” says Kathleen McClung. “We need skill and nuance in narrating and musing on past events and feelings to make a cohesive whole. Memoirs that matter, that truly move readers, call for soul-searching and for mastery of essential literary elements—an engaging voice, vivid scenes and characters, a careful blend of action and reflection, a unifying thread/theme.”

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