A 2-Day Prose Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, June 14 & 15, 1-4 PM
If you’ve ever felt you have stories from your life that need to be told, this workshop is for you. "Storytelling for Writers" will help you find a way forward--whether you're not sure where to start or have hit an impasse on your journey.
There are countless topics to explore when we're drawing from our own lives, but it’s often that initial spark that comes from a vital scene, memory, or question that is key to unlocking the organizing theme(s) that can sustain and contain a powerful personal story. Oral storytelling is a practice that can help us tap into and locate these (often unexpected) hot spots and themes in our lives. In this workshop, you’ll be guided through a series of creative written and storytelling exercises that can help you launch and deepen your understanding of the stories you are most driven to tell.
Whether you’re an old hand at telling stories or writing personal essays and memoir, or have never explored these genres before, this workshop offers ample room to experiment, brainstorm, and play. You’ll leave the workshop with a handful of potential essay or longer-form memoir topics to explore further as well as some tools to help you take the next steps. You’ll also leave with more confidence in sharing the stories that matter most to you.
$90 Members/$135 Nonmembers
Onnesha Roychoudhuri is a journalist, essayist, and storyteller. Her work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar, Kenyon Review, n+1, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Boston Review, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, The Nation, The American Prospect, Salon, and Mother Jones. She has read and performed on stages for The Moth, Tedx, Lincoln Center, and more. Onnesha is the author of The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships at Hedgebrook, Blue Mountain Center, and the Center for Fiction. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English - Creative Writing at Colby College.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date at 9:00 a.m.
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