| True Story: Using Journalism Basics to Report Memoir with Amy Silverman |
| 04/06/2019 |
| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Tempe |
| Course Details |
Course Description:
In this True Story workshop, participants will learn and apply basic journalism skills to their creative non-fiction, particularly memoir. Students will begin by brainstorming ideas for their own true stories. The class will be interactive, as students share ideas and get feedback from the instructor and classmates. Through exercises and workshopping, participants will hone interviewing skills, moving on to writing dialogue. The class will then cover how to access very basic public records (lawsuits, police records), search media reports, and come up with other sourcing ideas based on participants’ questions. Finally, we will spend a few minutes setting personal writing goals and discussing publication options.
Duration:
Three Hours
Genre Type:
Creative Nonfiction, Generative Writing
Course Type:
Generative Workshop
Course Level
All Skill Levels Welcome
Dates and Times:
Saturday, April 6, 2019
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Author Bio
Amy Silverman is an award-winning writer, editor and teacher. Her work’s appeared on This American Life and in The New York Times, Washington Post, Lenny Letter, Motherwell, and Brain, Child. Amy worked for 25 years as a staff writer and editor at Phoenix New Times. Silverman's first book, My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love and Down Syndrome, was published by Woodbine House in 2016. She's the co-curator of the live reading series Bar Flies at Valley Bar in downtown Phoenix, and a commentator for KJZZ. Amy co-teaches the long-running Mothers Who Write workshop at Changing Hands Bookstore. She’s also taught at ASU’s Cronkite School. Silverman lives in Tempe with her husband and daughters.
