Presented by Rosemary Daniell, full-day 9 AM – 4 PMRegister for the 2011 WordShops"We don't see the light by looking at images of light, but by looking at the dark," wrote the great psychologist Carl Jung. But sometimes nerve fails us when we approach putting our truths on paper, especially the more gritty ones. Yet those truths are at the very heart of a moving memoir, and they are also what lead to reader identification. How can we tell our story in a way that is both honest and artful? And how can we deal with the anxiety that sometimes arises as we do so? Learn how the habit of writing about the hard things actually makes such writing easier. This workshop presented by Rosemary Daniell, founder of the Zona Rosa writing workshops, attended by such outstanding writers as John Berendt, Bruce Feiler, pat Conroy, and Cassandra King, will suggest tools, such as Pilates on Paper, or "exorcises," from Rosemary's book, Secrets of the Zona Rosa, to help participants break into writing about real-life experiences, especially trauma, in a non-threatening way. She will draw on materials from her two memoirs, Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep South and Sleeping with Soldiers, as well as her memoir-in-progress. My Anarchist Heart, in discussing how best we can shape our experiences into this form (or its little sister, the personal essay), and fully enjoy the healing effects of writing our truths. A step-by-step guide to writing your memoir will also be given out and discussed. This is a workshop for both men and women, and for writers at all stages of their writing lives. |
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Rosemary Daniell is the award-winning author of eight books of poetry and prose, including her revolutionary memoirs, Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep South and Sleeping with Soldiers. The founder of Zona Rosa Writing Workshops, attended by such outstanding writers as John Berendt, Bruce Feiler, Pat Conroy, and Cassandra King, she is known as one of the best writing coaches in the country. To date, over 80 Zona Rosans have become published authors. Most recently, her work appears in the Erica Jong anthology Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write about Real Sex. Rosemary’s name will be familiar to those who have read My Reading Life by Pat Conroy, who has said, “Rosemary Daniell is one of the great writing teachers I have seen at work in the country."
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