SAIL of Melbourne, Inc

Editing and Shaping your Text: You must have begun a memoir manuscript of several pages in length, and preferably taken the first part of the course: “Unlocking Memory – Imaginative Writing in Journals and Memoirs.” Members of that class have been developing a memoir for the past year or longer. We will meet in a workshop setting to work on each person’s text. The aim is to make the work more cohesive, to develop an interesting narrative, to make the text less wordy and repetitive. The class will begin with some editing work to focus on specific areas, then switch to workshop mode in small groups for practical critique. LIMIT: 9-12 participants; each participant must have manuscripts in process (roughly 20 + pages) to make this work. Handouts may be given; no specific text required. That said, it may be helpful to purchase a used copy of Heather Sellers new book, You Don’t Look Like Anyone I know, a memoir about her mom, OR look at Page After Page, her book on forming the confidence to develop the habit of writing. Both are available in used paperback copies. Fr. Tony Grasso is your instructor. CLASS STARTS ON JANUARY 13^TH.