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Autumn 2021 - An Introduction to the Memoir
Module Zero - First Steps
Housekeeping
Set Up Your Gravatar
Technical Queries
Code of Conduct
About the Course
Enjoy the Course
Module One
Why write your story?
What is a memoir isn’t
Five good reasons to write
Journeys
Assignment One
Discussion Zone
Module One Invitation: Starting a Writer's Diary (12:23)
Module Two
Looking back, perspective, and the reflective voice
Perspective and/or piecing it all together
Surprise
Musing, or, the Reflective Voice
The reflective voice
Assignment Two
Discussion Zone
Module Two Invitation: Using Your Journal to Go Deeper (11:54)
Module Three
The power of vulnerability
Shame feels like . . .
Three things that will stop you writing your memoir
Owning your story
Vulnerability
Ownership
Module Three assignment
Discussion Zone
Module Three Invitation: Using Your Journal to Talk To Yourself (8:35)
Module Four
Point of view
Using the I narrator, eg First Person Point of View, the pros of using the first person
A peak experience
Second Person Point of View
Using the Third Person Point of View narrator, she/he
Writing to find
The hybrid memoir
Module Four Assignment
Discussion Zone
Module Four Invitation: Who Are You When You're Reading? (14:06)
Module Five
Placing your story in the bigger picture
“I was born..."
When are you ready to write?
Catharsis
Tone: are you in control of telling the story?
A true story deserves rigorous aesthetic judgment
Reasons not to write
On the subject of anger
Module Five Assignment
Discussion Zone
Module Five Invitation: Writing What you Don't Know (15:38)
Module Six
Composition
Blog or column, turned to memoir
Themed creative structure
Montage
The experimental
Theme
The Mini essay/memoir
Mini memoir
Module Six Assignment
Module Six Invitation: What's Next? (10:38)
Discussion Zone
When are you ready to write?
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