Are you planning to submit a piece to a contest or magazine?
This workshop can help you get your writing into the best possible shape before you make your submission.
PREPARING YOUR WORK FOR SUBMISSION
A 6-week Interactive Workshop
Limited to 9 participants
*SOLD OUT*
Fridays
1-3 pm EST (Toronto/New York)
May 19 - June 23
*SOLD OUT*
Sundays
2-4 pm EST (Toronto/New York)
May 21 - June 25
These workshops are facilitated by
Memoir Writing Ink’s associate editor, Laurie Gough
How it works:
This intimate workshop will give you the opportunity to receive feedback on a short piece of writing and understand how to refine, polish, and get it into the best possible shape before you submit it to a contest or magazine.
Meetings are held weekly over Zoom and Laurie Gough will guide your group through a weekly 2-hour workshop. (To learn more about Laurie, please see below.)
Every week, three participants will have the opportunity to present a short (2000-word) piece of work and receive individualised feedback on that piece of writing. Laurie will initiate the feedback and then moderate and oversee the discussion to ensure that all feedback is clarifying, enlightening, helpful and inspiring.
Everyone will have the opportunity of presenting and receiving feedback on their submission twice over the course of 6 weeks.
During the sessions when not presenting your own work, you can relax(!) and offer your reflections and observations to the writing being workshopped. You may well find that you learn as much, or more, from being on ‘this side of the table’ as you do when it is your turn to be ‘on.’
After the workshop, you may submit your work to Laurie for a final copy edit to catch any errors or oversights. This service is included in the cost of the workshop.
COST:
US$575 / CAD$675 / £430 / 515€
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A few words about Laurie:
Laurie Gough is the author of three memoirs: Stolen Child: A Mother’s Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American Road Trip with Exotic Detours, and Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman’s Travel Odyssey, shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in the U.K., and silver medal winner of ForeWord Magazine’s Travel Book of the Year in the U.S.
Over twenty of her stories have been anthologized in literary travel books and she has been a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail, and has written for The Guardian, Macleans magazine, The Walrus, The L.A. Times, USA Today, salon.com, The National Post, Canadian Geographic, Huffington Post, The Daily Express, Caribbean Travel + Life, among others. Laurie is also Memoir Writing Ink’s primary associate editor. She lives in Wakefield, Quebec, with her family.
“My experience as one of 6 workshop students was life-changing. I gained insight into my own writing style through presenting my own pieces and listening to comments and suggestions from trusted readers. Not only did I form strong bonds with the other participants, but also learned specific ways to improve my memoir. My path is now clear and I have gained confidence as a writer. It was a terrific experience.”
“Laurie’s workshop was tremendously helpful! I really love working with her: she is professional, gives wonderful feedback, and she is making me a better writer. I am also continuing in a writing group with two of the other gals I met in the workshop. I would highly recommend this experience.”
