Tough Language & Tender Wisdoms: with Amber Dawn
- Organizer:
- Pride in Art Society
- Venue:
- Roundhouse, Room C
- 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 2V5
A Memoir Writing Workshop for Trangressive Voices led by author Amber Dawn
This workshop invites participants to write under-told and boundary-pushing stories from their personal experience, and to develop strategies to creating safe and celebratory spaces for these stories to be heard. Whether participants are interested in formally writing their memoirs or writing is a part of self-discovery, this workshop will offer foundational memoir writing exercises.
Amber Dawn will use source material from her new book “How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustlers Memoir” and select other text to lead participants through a series of free-writing exercises, small group work, and discussion. Participants should come prepared to share, listen and take risks.
Intended outcomes: a DRAFT of 1-5 poems, or DRAFT of a 2,000 word short story
Requirements: pen and paper
Workshop time: 2hrs + ½ hour debrief time, per class. 5 hours total
Friday July 26, 6-8:30 PM and Saturday July 27, 2-4:30 PM
