San Miguel Virtual Workshop

Virtual Workshops

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. Central Time Mexico
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.

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The Memoir Writer’s Playground with Hope Edelman

Memoir
Highly-Interactive Online Workshop
Saturday, October 24, 2026
12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Central Time Mexico
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!

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