What does memoir really ask of us? How can writing our lives become a source of clarity, confidence and power rather than exposure or fear?

Join us for an intimate, in-person workshop, hosted by How You Find Your Voice in collaborating with award-winning memoirist and teacher, Lily Dunn. This introductory session offers a welcome space for anyone curious about memoir, voice and honest storytelling.

Drawing on the structure and ideas from her acclaimed book, Into Being, this small group session will explore what memoir is (and what it isn’t), as well as ideas around voice, perspective, form and permission. We’ll examine how personal experience becomes meaningful story and why writing the self can be a radical and empowering act.

Together, we’ll look at how memoir can elevate the personal into something universal, how to write honestly and how the act of shaping experience on the page can lead to real transformation.

This workshop is designed as a relaxed, thoughtful introduction, with space for discussion, reflection and gentle writing prompts. It may form the introduction to a longer six month memoir course, following the Into Being framework.

This is an exciting opportunity to be taught in-person by one of the UKs leading teachers of memoir.

Places are limited to keep the groups small and focused. Whether you’re curious about memoir, beginning a project, or returning to writing after a gap, this is an invitation to step into your voice.

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