Creative Nonfiction: Writing Memoir, Personal Essay, and Other True Tales - TUESDAY

  • Creative Writing
The Baird: 5 Mead St, South Orange Village, NJ 07079, USA
Jul 08 2025
Aug 12 2025
Instructor: Lisa Romeo - IN-PERSON CLASS - 6 weeks
$230.00
  1. Tue7:00 - 9:00 pm (EST)

Description

Itching to write about your own life? The experiences, events, journeys, and stories that really happened? Come write your own true tales, the ones that matter to you—and might mean something to others. Explore memoir, personal essay, and other ways writers put their personal past on the page, transforming personal stories into compelling literary work. Review published examples, discuss craft, try prompts, learn techniques and storytelling skills for the nonfiction page. Write and share new drafts for peer feedback and instructor guidance.

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This is an IN-PERSON class. 

Class dates

07/08/2025, 07/15/2025, 07/22/2025, 07/29/2025, 08/05/2025, 08/12/2025

Restrictions

Participants must currently be 19 years or older.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 4

Maximum: 12

Registration period

Registration starts on 03/28/2025 and ends on 07/16/2025.

In-person location

The Baird: 5 Mead St, South Orange Village, NJ 07079, USA