Memoir and Autobiography, Free Taster Session

This is a taster session to test the interest of writers on meetup who want to write their personal or family stories. It uses an expressive writing format to prompt and develop different ways of approaching memoir.
All you need to take part is paper and a pen (not laptops).

The session will be on Zoom, and run as two 40 minute segments with a short break for you to grab a coffee halfway through. The format for each half is that I share a poem with you. The poems are rich and diverse, evocative and challenging. They are often a discovery in themselves. The group then discusses the themes, and each writes for about ten minutes. After that, participants can share their writing if they want to.

This sounds very simple, and it is. It's a workshop series I have delivered in recovery colleges and to boost wellbeing for people in the social sector for several years. In this iteration the process will be cathartic and healing for some, but it will also be revealing - helping you to formulate your own way of drawing and building on your own life and memories to create stories.

Going forward, if there is an appetite for a four week workshop programme, the cost will be a total of £40 for four sessions paid in advance. The number of members per session will be limited to twelve to ensure everyone is heard.