Conference
San Miguel Virtual Workshop
Virtual Workshops
How to Jump Start Your Memoir with Ann Hood
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- Memoir
- Highly-Interactive Online Workshop
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
- 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
- 3 hours
- $150 USD
You have a story that you want to tell, but don’t know where to start. This online workshop will help you identify that story and find the best way to begin telling it. Through readings and class discussions, you will gain a better understanding of structure and story arc and the elements of memoir writing and be ready to jumpstart your memoir.
Seven Literary Strategies for Depicting Trauma or Seven Ways to Write about Trauma with Susan Brown
- Memoir
- Highly-Interactive Online Workshop
- Saturday, October 17, 2026
- 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
- 3 hours
- $150 USD
One challenge for writers of literary memoir and fiction depicting a pivotal physical, mental, or emotional trauma without traumatizing readers. A high percentage of readers will balk at nightmarish graphic details. The great writers understood this. In an interactive workshop with Joyce scholar Susan Brown, PhD, study how canonized and Nobel-Prize winning literary masters from Boris Pasternak and William Faulkner to Lorrie Moore solved this problem. Based on prompts from Dr. Brown, workshop members will attempt to apply any or all of seven literary techniques for depicting a traumatic event essential to their storyline.
The Memoir Writer’s Playground with Hope Edelman
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- Memoir
- Highly-Interactive Online Workshop
- Saturday, October 24, 2026
- 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
- 3 hours
- $150 USD
Most writers have a dominant style, cadence, and voice they rely on. It’s like an individual, literary default position that feels comfortable and works. At the same time, more of the same doesn’t challenge us to stretch and grow as writers. That’s why changing up one’s style with intention can lead to some fun and unexpected surprises. And who doesn’t like to play? In this workshop we’ll experiment with three non-traditional nonfiction forms that will stretch your brain in new directions and expand your concept of story. Let’s see what comes up!