So you’ve finished a draft of your memoir. Now what? This three-hour seminar will give you actionable revision strategies for developing the setting and characters in your memoir draft. Through a series of in-class exercises, you’ll enhance the worldbuilding and character development of your memoir, including making details more specific, sharpening character portrayals, and adding sociohistorical context. We’ll discuss ways to make your characters more three-dimensional on the page and improve the cohesiveness of their arcs. You will also be guided through exercises to help evaluate how closely the setting and characters align with your memoir’s themes. There will be opportunities for students to share challenges and goals for their projects and to brainstorm revision ideas.

Expect to leave this class with a toolbox of revision techniques for polishing your memoir’s setting and characters.

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