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Course Description for

Memoir Lane

with Michael and Jennifer Dearmin

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Registration Fee and Course Length

Prerequisites

Standard course: $120 / 4 weeks. Click here to register.

Extended schedule: $150 / 8 weeks. Click here to register.
Extended course is designed for busy people and gives you two weeks to do each lesson but contains NO additional material.

No prerequisites.

  

Course Contacts

For questions about this COURSE, e-mail Dearmins
For questions about the SCHOOL in general, email Stephen Morrill

Course Description

Memoir Lane is a course designed to help students write their memoirs. It will deal with a wide variety of aspects of writing, all focused toward presenting the personal memory. It will also concern itself with the problems and difficulties of revealing the self to an unknown audience.  
Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction. Being a writer. Point of view. Achieving distance. Major players/places.

Week 2: Finding material. Childhood. Family. Opportunities missed. Embarrassment. Accomplishment. Regrets. Choices.

Week 3: Memory and myth. Focus. Setting. Major characters. Show, don't tell.

Week 4: Details. Language. Titles. Editing/critiquing.

  
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About Your Teacher

The Write Image provides quality writing services to business owners, professionals, and individuals. Michael and Jennifer Dearmin specialize in all areas of non-fiction writing including promotional writing and magazine article writing.

Jennifer Dearmin holds a master's degree in English with an emphasis on writing, and has years of writing experience to her credit, as well as years of pre-press experience. She has also taught writing at the university level.

Michael Dearmin holds a Ph.D. in English, also has years of writing experience, years of theatrical experience, and is the company's photographer. Furthermore, he has spent the better part of his life teaching both writing and literature at colleges and universities.

  
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Suggested Related Courses

All courses by Michael and Jennifer Dearmin

Memoir Lane

Promotional Writing

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The Writer in You

Suggested related courses

Eulogies (A 1-week seminar)

Book Promotion

Editing for Writers

Essays and Personal Stories

Grammar for Writers and Editors

Newspaper Feature Articles

Publish Your Writing

Researching and Interviewing

Stop Talking About It; Just Write
 
 
 

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Extended Schedule

Starts the Monday after your registration is received.
No added course material, but you have two weeks to do each weekly lesson.
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Register by CHECK OR MONEY ORDER
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Problem using PayPal?

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