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Currently accepting registrations Register now >> Next program starts: Winter 2009 Program location: Bellevue Next information meeting: Wed., Dec. 10 (see details >>) Sign up to receive e-mail updates >> Contact a program representative >>   Program at a glance >>

This winter, we are pleased to offer the Memoir Writers Certificate Program in a compressed, six-month format in Bellevue (the program is also offered in a nine-month format in Seattle).

Develop skills to write about your life and learn techniques to create a compelling memoir. This program takes you through each stage of developing a book-length memoir or collection of essays: finding your true material, developing, structuring and editing that material, and seeking publication.

Memoir is a rich, dynamic form of writing. While not fiction, memoir uses fictional techniques - including dialogue, description, back-story, close-ups and stream-of-consciousness - to capture the truth of a particular moment, character or experience in your life. Memoir is a looking back, but it is more than a retrospective.

Taught by a published memoir writer, this program delves into the elements that make memoir compelling and shows you how to apply them to your own work.

Courses include a lively mixture of lecture, discussion, hands-on-exercises, small-group work, feedback on student writing and notable guest speakers - all designed to help you learn where the real story exists in your life and how to bring that tale to the page in a way that will keep readers up at night. Students of all ability and experience levels are welcome.

Program Benefits

• Gain skills and knowledge about memoir writing more quickly than the regular certificate program.
• Build strong working relationships with instructor and fellow students.
• The program is offered at a convenient Eastside location for those who live and work near Bellevue.
• Complete the entire certificate in just six months.

Contact a Program Representative

To learn more about the Memoir (Six-month format) Certificate Program, please call 206-685-8936 in the greater Seattle area, or 888-469-6499, or e-mail us.

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