Join Molly Rosen this fall for a deep dive into memory, imagination and the relationship between fact, fiction and writing “what you know”. This is a workshop format course for memoirists who are interested in developing their abilities to hone in on detail, expand into scenes that they can’t fully recall from the past and use workaround techniques to examine, excavate and reinvent pivotal relationships that changed their lives forever.

Every week we will investigate a different aspect of craft and how it relates to memory, including how to become a credible world builder, use popular culture to establish time and place, and creating momentum, patterninging and tension to propel your story forward at all costs. We will read work by Carmen Maria Machado, Marguerite Duras, Lydia Yuknavitch, Benjamin Hale, Mary HK Choi, Mary Gaitskill, Samantha Irby, Maxine Hong Kingston, Joyce Carol Oates, Chloe Cooper Jones and more. Fundamental to our exploration will be a rigorous syllabus that demands at least an hour of outside work week including Q and A’s with your assigned Action Partner, memory exercises and a long form essay assignment based on the week’s readings and prompts.

What You’ll Get:

1. A syllabus featuring essays, writing prompts, reading + listening recommendations.

2. An invitation to the BWC Google Group, a digital community of former students who are in various stages of the writing and publishing process.

3. Access to pre-recorded Brain Break interviews between Molly Rosen Guy and authors like Melissa Febos, Alex Auder, Danyel Smith, and more.

4. One 20-minute 1:1 meeting with founder Molly Rosen Guy to review your work at the end of the session.

WEDNESDAYS: 9:30am - 12:30pm ET (October 8, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18)