B25F-111 Memoir Writing: Finding Meaning in Our Memories
Bartlesville | Available (Membership Required)
Create and refine a work of writing about real events, places and people of your past. You’ll learn about the literary elements of the memoir genre and practice incorporating them into your work with prompted writing, sharing and rewriting. Whether you bring material you’ve written in the past or begin a new work, this course is for beginners and experienced writers alike. Be prepared to dig deeply, share supportively, and focus on discovering the meaning behind our memories.
Sidney Brammer
Sidney Brammer spent more than 20 years teaching creative writing, including screenwriting, playwriting, fiction and memoir writing, for Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. This followed a long behind-the-scenes career in the New York and Los Angeles film industry and regional theater. She is also a published short story writer, a former journalist, editor, produced playwright and screenwriter, and an award-winning short film director. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writers Workshop of Pacific Lutheran University and her BFA in Theater at the University of Texas at Austin.