Contributed by Bob Comenole

Thursday Evenings at Creekside Books
7:00 – 8:30pm
September 25th – October 23rd 2008

Purpose: Everyone has a great story to tell. Our lives are unique and worthy of exploration. How will your life be documented…what will you leave behind?
This seminar is designed to help participants decide what life story to tell and the most powerful and effective way of telling it. Participants will learn to employ the various techniques involved in the craft of writing memoir and autobiography.

Format: Workshops are conducted at Creekside in an informal, interactive atmosphere. Instructor will offer mini-lectures, conduct small group discussions, and facilitate peer critiques. Participants will refine their own works-in-progress, in and out of class.

Instructor: For 20 years Bob Comenole has taught writing, literature and communications at several colleges, including Miami University, Siena College, the State University of New York and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Comenole, author of Bushel & Lamp and the novella The Long Night of Clement C. Craggogre, has just completed work on a collection of short stories, Perplexed by the Egg & Other Stories, as well as a collection of essays.

Fee: $85 for five 90-minute sessions

…a memoir has many purposes: to convert experiences into wisdom, to pass on values, to find forgiveness, to bring people from the past back to life, to see connections between experiences that seem unrelated… – P.J. Cherrin, publisher of Memoir Press

Please call Creekside Books at 685-0379 to sign up!

CONTENT FOCUS:
Differences Between Memoir & Autobiography
Generating Ideas
Organizing Your Narrative
Recapturing Memory
Choosing a Voice/Style
Developing a Controlling Theme
Using Creative License