Oct 4, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1 , 2023
Intro to Memoir
- Online
- Oct 4, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1 (5 Wednesday Afternoons)
- 5:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific
- $425
- Limited Spots
Are you a natural-born storyteller looking to stretch your wings or a newbie writer with an itch to share a yarn of your own? In this five-week introductory memoir class, successful memoirist Laura Cathcart Robbins (Simon & Schuster, The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping) will help you dig into your past to excavate compelling personal narratives that only you can write. Then, she’ll teach you the foundations of creative nonfiction craft to structure, refine and polish the results.
Through informative craft lectures, fun in-class writing exercises, illuminating examples and workshopping, you’ll find your story, develop yourself as a specific dimensional character, delve into scene writing, discover themes, hone dialogue and craft vivid settings. In addition to strategies for writing your memoir, additional topics include finding an agent and publishing your book. By the end of the class you’ll have a better understanding of your unique POV and have written a stack of moving scenes. Plus, you can bring in up to 1200 words every other class for feedback. Experienced and beginning writers welcome. Pulitzer not included!
26 students have published books after taking class!
Laura Cathcart Robbins
Memoir (Simon & Schuster), The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping, HuffPo
Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH My Life In Hiding, published March 2023. Her recent articles in Good Housekeeping, HuffPo, The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a Moth StorySlam winner and a 2022 TEDx Speaker. Her podcast, The Only One In The Room, was chosen by Bustle Magazine twice as a top podcast alongside This… MORE
Starting September 20th, 2023
Memoir 101
Memoir Essentials Class
- Online
- Sep 20 (1 Wednesday Afternoon)
- 5:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific
- $105
- Limited Spots
Are you a natural-born storyteller looking to stretch your wings or a newbie writer with an itch to share a yarn of your own? In this one-day lecture-only online memoir class, successful memoirist Laura Cathcart Robbins (Simon & Schuster, The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping) will share her secrets for turning your life’s twists and turns into compelling personal narratives that only you can write! If you’re a self-starter who’s looking for all the tools to hit the ground running or if you’re a newbie who wants to get an overview of what memoir writing is all about, this is the class for you. Laura will cover crucial topics such as how to craft yourself as a main character, digging deep, and writing with vivid, compelling detail. There will be in-class exercises to start on your memoir, but there will be limited sharing of work. Experienced and beginning writers welcome.
26 students have published books after taking class!
Memoir (Simon & Schuster), The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping, HuffPo
Laura Cathcart Robbins
Memoir (Simon & Schuster), The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping, HuffPo
Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH My Life In Hiding, published March 2023. Her recent articles in Good Housekeeping, HuffPo, The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a Moth StorySlam winner and a 2022 TEDx Speaker. Her podcast, The Only One In The Room, was chosen by Bustle Magazine twice as a top podcast alongside This… MORE
STARTING JULY 26, 2023
Dates: Jul 26, Aug 9, Aug 16, Aug 23, Sep 6 (5 Wednesday Afternoons)
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific
Price: $495
Availability: Limited Spots
Required Equipment:
1. A WIFI ready laptop.
2. An inexpensive audio recorder, or an iPhone or cell phone with a good voice recording app.
Podcasting 1
Is it your dream to create the next Serial, This American Life, or Startup? If so, this is the class for you! In this five-week Online Podcasting Class, Podcasting expert Laura Cathcart-Robbins will teach you the fundamentals of this engaging new storytelling form. Through informative craft lectures, in-class writing exercises, deconstructing successful podcasts and hands-on training you will learn how top tier shows are developed, researched, written, and produced.
In addition, you will explore tools of the trade such as interviewing techniques, use of archival audio, guidance on audio editing, miking and field recording techniques. By the end of the class you will have thoroughly developed an idea for your own podcast and have at least a solid outline of your pilot episode. Pulitzer not included.
JUNE 17, 2023
Get Published!
Reserve your spot now by emailing StephanieWilderTaylor@gmail.com
Come take our virtual workshop and get on the road to publishing your memoir! What You’ll Learn: How to research the right agent, the secret sauce of a stand-out query letter (with examples of query letters that work and query letters that don’t), what you’ll need to have ready and much much more!
Date: June 17th
Time: 12pm-2pm
Email stephanie
Laura Cathcart Robbins
& Stephanie Wilder Taylor
Nonfiction Consult w/ Laura Cathcart Robbins
Pre-requisite: before you can have a private consultation with Laura, you must take a long group class with her at Writing Pad first.
One Hour Consult w/ writer Laura Cathcart Robbins.
Laura Cathcart Robbins
Memoir (Simon & Schuster), The Only One In The Room Podcast, Good Housekeeping, HuffPo
Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH My Life In Hiding, published March 2023. Her recent articles in Good Housekeeping, HuffPo, The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a Moth StorySlam winner and a 2022 TEDx Speaker. Her podcast, The Only One In The Room, was chosen by Bustle Magazine twice as a top podcast alongside This… MORE