WEEK 2: Silencing and Writing Your Truth

MEMOIR MAGAZINE SURVIVOR WRITERS WORKSHOP: WEEK 2: Silencing and Writing Your Truth. Readings: Watch the Video: Sexual violence and female silence: how rape suppresses voice | By Naomi Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1kGMbmjx_I Read: His So-Called Life By Mary…

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WEEK 1: Vulnerability in Writing and Connecting with Readers

MEMOIR MAGAZINE SURVIVOR WRITERS WORKSHOP: WEEK 1: Vulnerability in Writing and Connecting with Readers.  Readings: Watch the TED Talk Video: Power of Vulnerability By Brene Brown. Read: Selections from “Other Side” by Lacey M. Johnson, “RISE”…

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INTRODUCTION POST

Hello! Please reply to this post in the comment section below so I know that you know how to reply to a post. Please introduce yourself and tell us: Your course pseudonym and general location…

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*HOW TO GIVE GREAT FEEDBACK*

How to Provide Great Essay Feedback: Good critiques are more than “I liked it” or “I didn’t like it.” They offer analysis and present examples of what the critic did or didn’t like. Feedback should…

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**ESSAY FEEDBACK SCHEDULE**

Essay Feedback Schedule The following schedule will be updated as I receive more information from class participants. This is the schedule for whose essay will get feedback from the class each week. Week 1: Dawn,Magnolia Week…

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***EMOTIONAL RESOURCES***

Over the next six weeks we will be reading and writing a lot of eye opening material as well as discussing craft techniques for writing the hard stuff. Here is a list of Emotional Resources…

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SW WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION & SYLLABUS

Memoir Magazine University> Survivor Workshop> Course Description>Syllabus SURVIVOR WRITERS ANONYMOUS by Mary McBeth START DATE: Monday, September 19, 2022 END DATE: Sunday, September 19, 2022 DURATION: 6 weeks COURSE DESCRIPTION: Survivor Writers Anonymous is a 6-week…

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SW WORKSHOP FAQs

SW WORKSHOP FAQs What do I turn in to the instructor? How often? Every Friday you will email the essay you are working on (up to 1000 words) to the instructor. Where do I give…

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WORKSHOP GUIDELINES & TECHNICAL INFO

Email your instructor, Mary McBeth if you have any questions: maryamcbeth@gmail.com Class: Memoir U Survivor Writer Workshop The Basics: Every Friday, even if it is not the week that you are to share your essay…

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Mary McBeth