We have developed this workshop for writers who have done a great deal of work on their full length memoir, but need support, accompaniment and encouragement to complete it.

It is really hard when presented with all the material of one’s entire life to know what belongs and how to include it. Memoirs especially are all about structure: knowing what to include and what to cut, understanding what the story’s really about, recognizing when it’s finished.

In this workshop we provide the discipline and creative support to help you complete the story and understand the meaning it holds for your life.

This is how it works:

• You meet ONLINE every second Monday morning for four months (EST) with a small group of like-minded writers.
• Sue will provide fresh, open-ended prompts to be put in service of your story. If you already know where you’re going, of course you’re always free to ignore the prompt.
• In the second hour of each session, you are invited to share short excerpts and receive positive, strengths-based feedback from me and the other participants.
• Although we write new scenes in the workshop, you will need to allocate additional time at home to reach the 6,000 word monthly target.
• Every four weeks you will submit up to 6,000 words of new writing to Sue who will read them carefully and prepare substantive responses.
• Once a month you will meet individually with Sue in a one hour zoom meeting to discuss your journey – both the writing you’ve done and any challenges you might be facing in doing it.

Other than the live feedback at the end of each workshop, you will not be reading or critiquing any of the work written by your fellow writers in the group.

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is designed to help you write the pieces that are still missing from your Work In Progress.

If you’d prefer a one on one approach, you could also check out mentorship with Sue.

$995 (+HST) CDN PRICE INCLUDES:
8 x FINISH YOUR MEMOIR writing workshops (two each month)
4 x 6000-word substantive edits (one each month, 24,000 words in total)
4 x one hour zoom meetings to discuss your progress and substantive edits (one each month)