How to Write About Youself (And Why You Should): A Memoir Writing Workshop
In this memoir writing class, with award-winning local writer Melisse Gelula, we’ll meet monthly in person (Wednesday @ 5:45 – 7:00pm on Oct 15, Nov 12, Dec 17) to read excerpts from popular memoirs, discuss the craft tools authors use, and write important scenes from memory using prompts to get your ink flowing. (Sharing your writing for group feedback is totally optional.)
Learn:
⦁ Why your story is important
⦁ How to turn memories into scenes
⦁ The importance of emotions and senses
When: Wednesday @ 5:45 – 7:00pm, Oct 15, Nov 12, Dec 17
Where: Western Sullivan Public Library, Narrowsburg Branch, Community Room. This is an in-person event. (Not available on Zoom.)
Experience: This classroom-style workshop is suitable for new and experienced writers over 18.
Cost: This is a free, 3-part class, available to 15 students. This class will fill up quickly. Advanced sign up is required.
Instructor: Melisse Gelula is an award-winning writer and the founder of Memoiring, an online book club and writing community with author events and workshops. She is a grateful recipient of a 2025 NYSCA – Delaware Valley Individual Artist Fellow in Writing (via the DVAA regrant program), an advisor to the Deep Water Literary Festival, and an active member of WSPL Friends of the Library. She works with writers one-on-one and in groups. You can follow Melisse at memoiring.substack.com and on Instagram @MelisseJoy and @Memoiring.
