Memoir-writing is a special form of art, and this March Greenwich Library will help local memoirists get started. Previous sessions of “Crafting Life Stories,” led by former New York Times editor Joan Motyka, have proven so popular with patrons that the Library is offering this class for the seventh time.
A five-week evening session begins on Wednesday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m., and a five-week morning session begins on Thursday, March 9 at 11 a.m. Registration is currently open, and it’s required.
This memoir-writing workshop is designed to help people discover and tell the stories only they can tell – and to do so in a supportive environment that encourages even beginning writers. With a background in journalism and fiction, instructor Joan Motyka will offer journalistic tools and literary techniques to help people explore the significance of people, places and events in their lives. Using readings, prompts and writing assignments, she helps students draw stories from memory, organize them into a narrative and polish them through revision. Preference is given to Greenwich or Perrot Library card holders.
Joan Motyka is a former longtime New York Times editor and writing coach. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Boston Globe, the Westchester Review and other publications. She has been leading memoir writing workshops in Westchester and New York City since 2007.
Please contact Michele Martin at 203-625-6533 or at mmartin@greenwichlibrary.org to register with your Greenwich or Perrot Library card number, or by using the Library’s online calendar/registration system at greenwichlibrary.org. Preference is given to Greenwich and Perrot Library card holders. All others will be placed on the wait list in order of registration.
