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WRITING AND RELEASING PERSONAL ESSAYS
A five-week online writing workshop, Wednesdays, 7pm-8:30pm ET, August 21st - September 18th
Now more than ever, we’re looking inward to find peace, clarity,
and true connection to ourselves. How can personal stories enrich our lives and heal past wounds? Can they be of service to others? Join me in turning journal pages, ideas, and half-finished essays into fully realized pieces.
In this five-week online writing workshop, participants will learn the art of the personal essay by dissecting structure (and how to bend it), mining for their unique writing voice, identifying essential craft elements, and placing their essays in the world. This class will help experienced and new writers go from start to publish.
Overview
Week One—Introductions, Modern Love, and Technical Magic
Week Two—Op-Eds and Voice-y Essays
Week Three—Penning and Placing Lyrical Essays (Guest Writer)
Week Four—What's So Funny? Using Humor as Levity
Week Five—Workshops
Details
Wednesdays, August 15th - September 11th
7pm - 8:30pm ET
Cost
$395
Space is limited to 12 participants.
Reserve Your Spot
Prefer to pay by check or credit card?
Email marniegoodfriend@gmail.com.
(Scan with your phone)
ABOUT MARNIE
Marnie Goodfriend (she/her) is an award-winning journalist and creative nonfiction writer. She is best known for her longtime sexual assault advocacy and amplifying disparities in women’s healthcare. Her articles and essays have appeared in TIME, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Washington Post, LA Weekly, Health, The Rumpus, and others. She is a contributing women’s health writer for HealthyWomen, She Knows, and Flow Space. Awards and accolades include a 2024 Grand Award in Writing (Journalism) - APEX Award for Publication Excellence, a 2018 VCCA fellowship, a Jane G. Camp scholarship, and a 2016 PEN America fellowship. As a literary writer and editor, she has held posts as essays editor at The Nervous Breakdown and creative nonfiction editor at Angels Flight • literary west. She loves teaching new and experienced writers how to shape language and find their voice. When she is not writing, you can find her playing tennis, baking three-layer cakes, and talking to the deer eating flowers from her yard in Bethel, Connecticut.
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