Comedic Memoir
Join Margot Leitman, the author of Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase, as she guides you through refining what is funny, specific, unique, and timely about your story. You'll learn some overall principles of memoir, pitch and refine your idea with the group, learn the publishing process for memoirs, and leave with ideas of where to begin those important sample chapters.
Registration dates:
March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)
March 14: Member registration opens
March 21: General registration opens
Margot Leitman
Margot Leitman is an award-winning storyteller, best-selling author, speaker and teacher. A former story scout for "This American Life," she is considered a leading expert in the growing field of storytelling. Leitman has written two books on the subject: the best-selling, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need and her latest What’s Your Story? A Workbook For the Storyteller in All of Us both from Sasquatch Books. Her comedic memoir, Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase is available from Seal Press/Perseus Books
