Write the Memoir You're Afraid to Write

What to expect at a glance:

Explore various techniques for structuring your memoir
Learn how to use "mind mapping" to bring your story to life
Get feedback from a professional author on your writing

Course Description:

In an encouraging and insightful presentation, Patricia L. Brooks will help you capture the essence of your untold story. She will share with you how to produce a memoir to your own satisfaction, face your fears, and conquer your story's emotional beats. With techniques from writing her three daring memoirs, she will help you understand the journey to writing yours. Within this engaging and informative format, Patricia will inspire you to take the necessary steps to bring your work to fruition.

About the instructor:

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM, published three memoirs: Sick as My Secrets, Three Husbands and a Thousand Boyfriends, and Gifts of Sisterhood - Journey from Grief to Gratitude. She is currently working on a non-fiction book about writing memoirs, Write the Memoir You're Afraid to Write, to be released in November 2024. Patricia is president of both Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC, and the phenomenally successful Scottsdale Society of Women Writers. She founded both in 2005. Brooks is affiliated with Arizona State University, teaching memoir writing for the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Patricia lives in Old Town Scottsdale with her husband, author Earl L. Goldmann.

Your ticket purchase is an investment not only in your voice, but in our literary community. The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing is dedicated to helping create a sustainable local and national literary arts community. The general rate for our PWS classes is only $25 per hour of instruction. The pay scale is designed in favor of instructors, ensuring that the majority of all ticket sales goes to them. Any additional profit allows us to offer discounts, scholarship seats, and occasionally free educational programs. To inquire about whether or not you are eligible for a discount code, please send an email to: pipercenter.info@asu.edu