https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/6505/it-s-not-just-about-you-how-to-write-an-engaging-memoir---recorded-webinaren-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/6505/it-s-not-just-about-you-how-to-write-an-engaging-memoir---recorded-webinarMon, 06 Nov 2017 19:42:16 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:4e1a85e2-acbf-4a34-a2e6-c23f57962931Georgia Leehttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/6505/it-s-not-just-about-you-how-to-write-an-engaging-memoir---recorded-webinar#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Elements by Georgia Lee on 11/6/2017 7:42:16 PM<br /> <p>Join writer and teacher Georgia Lee in this two-part series on memoir writing and take the first steps toward sharing your story with the world.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Part 1:</strong> Writing can be intimidating. Writing about your own life can be downright terrifying. So how do you embrace that fear and summon the courage to put your story on the page? In the first part of this two-part series we&rsquo;ll find out how to do just that through an introductory course on memoir filled with brainstorming exercises and helpful advice, all designed to get you started on writing the story you know best: your own.</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4</a></p> <p><strong>Part 2:</strong> You know a memoir is about an important time in your life, but writing anything worth reading takes more than simply recalling the facts, no matter how interesting they may be. Make people care by bringing your world to life through characters, dialogue, and setting that are as exciting as they are accurate. In the second part of this series, you&rsquo;ll learn how to keep readers engaged without sacrificing the truth and why your story is never just about you.</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/3386.It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../3386.It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4</a></p> <p><strong>About the Presenter:</strong> Georgia Lee is an award winning journalist, editor, writer and teacher. She was the first Director of Ivy Hall, the SCAD Atlanta Writing Center, from 2009 through April 2014. Prior to that, she was the Southeast Bureau Chief for Women&rsquo;s Wear Daily and W magazine, where she won the Atrium Award for Business Reporting from the Henry Grady School Journalism at UGA and the DIVA Award for journalism from the Atlanta Apparel Mart. She was a finalist in Glimmer Train&rsquo;s 2012 New Author contest and her short stories have appeared in literary magazines, blogs and e-book anthologies. Georgia currently teaches In Your Own Words: Writing Your Story, a class on memoir at OLLI, a division of Emory University and teaches small groups and private writing clients. She is at work on a Southern Literary Fiction novel, Dark Innocence, and a guide to memoir, Beyond Words: Writing our True Stories.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/6505/it-s-not-just-about-you-how-to-write-an-engaging-memoir---recorded-webinar/revision/1Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:15:52 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:4e1a85e2-acbf-4a34-a2e6-c23f57962931Georgia Leehttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/6505/it-s-not-just-about-you-how-to-write-an-engaging-memoir---recorded-webinar#commentsRevision 1 posted to Elements by Georgia Lee on 10/18/2017 7:15:52 PM<br /> <blockquote> <p>Join us for Part 2 on November 2, 2017 at 1:30pm Eastern. Save your spot <a href="/webinars/c/e/370" target="_blank">right here</a>!</p> </blockquote> <p>Join writer and teacher Georgia Lee in this two-part series on memoir writing and take the first steps toward sharing your story with the world.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Part 1:</strong> Writing can be intimidating. Writing about your own life can be downright terrifying. So how do you embrace that fear and summon the courage to put your story on the page? In the first part of this two-part series we&rsquo;ll find out how to do just that through an introductory course on memoir filled with brainstorming exercises and helpful advice, all designed to get you started on writing the story you know best: your own.</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../It_2700_s-Not-Just-About-You_5F00_-How-to-Write-Engaging-Memoir_5F00_-_2800_Two-Part-Series_2900_.mp4</a></p> <p><strong>Part 2:</strong> You know a memoir is about an important time in your life, but writing anything worth reading takes more than simply recalling the facts, no matter how interesting they may be. Make people care by bringing your world to life through characters, dialogue, and setting that are as exciting as they are accurate. In the second part of this series, you&rsquo;ll learn how to keep readers engaged without sacrificing the truth and why your story is never just about you.</p> <blockquote> <p>Part 2 coming soon!</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>About the Presenter:</strong> Georgia Lee is an award winning journalist, editor, writer and teacher. She was the first Director of Ivy Hall, the SCAD Atlanta Writing Center, from 2009 through April 2014. Prior to that, she was the Southeast Bureau Chief for Women&rsquo;s Wear Daily and W magazine, where she won the Atrium Award for Business Reporting from the Henry Grady School Journalism at UGA and the DIVA Award for journalism from the Atlanta Apparel Mart. She was a finalist in Glimmer Train&rsquo;s 2012 New Author contest and her short stories have appeared in literary magazines, blogs and e-book anthologies. Georgia currently teaches In Your Own Words: Writing Your Story, a class on memoir at OLLI, a division of Emory University and teaches small groups and private writing clients. She is at work on a Southern Literary Fiction novel, Dark Innocence, and a guide to memoir, Beyond Words: Writing our True Stories.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs</div>