Creating Portraits with Words of People We’ve Loved

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$100.00
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Jennifer Browdy
Thursday, June 26
10:00am – 3:30pm
Spend a relaxing day sketching portraits in words of some of the people who have been most important in your life, from childhood through the present. Learn key techniques for writing vivid descriptions of people: how they look, their typical conversational styles, gestures and habits, and the strong emotions associated with them in your memory. You’ll come away with a series of word-portraits of your loved ones, valuable in their own right or useful for further development in your memoir.
Thursday, June 26, 10 am – 12 pm and 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Students should bring:
- Whatever you like to write with (notebook & pen or laptop).
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Jennifer Browdy
Jennifer Browdy, PhD, is a professor of writing and media arts at Bard College and the global Bard Open Society University Network. Her award-winning books include Purposeful Memoir as a Quest for a Thriving Future, The Elemental Journey of Purposeful Memoir, and the memoir What I Forgot …And Why I Remembered. She coaches authors, edits manuscripts and is the publisher of Green Fire Press, as well as co-host of the online writers’ community Birth Your Truest Story. She leads memoir workshops in the US, Europe, and Canada, including her popular Riding & Writing tours in Iceland. Find out more at JenniferBrowdy.com.