Resource person: info@oldottawasouth.ca

Location: Activity Room | 260 Sunnyside Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 0R7

Description:

Writing the Stories of My Life: Remembering Through Others

What role do others play in revealing what we may not have yet realized about ourselves? What role do others play in revealing what I may not have yet realized about myself?

HOW I KNOW WHAT I KNOW IS OFTEN AS INTERESTING AS WHAT YOU KNOW 

We all have a story to tell.  However, knowing where to begin can become so overwhelming that we put off writing the story at all.  This is an invitation to re-collect, record and share the stories from your life through the lens of “others”.  How have your ancestors and family members played a role in who you are and why you do what you do? How have your professional relationships, your personal relationships and the people you only knew in passing figured in your life story?  Please bring your own writing instruments and photographs to a safe environment where you will experiment with writing strategies using prompts, share your writing with others, and begin your collection of life-stories.  Two suggested reads are:

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durell for a simply delightful read 

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

Participants can expect:

-       A course outline that includes writing prompts, suggested readings, a bibliography

-       A general overview of how to begin, maintain and sustain a writing life

-       A general overview of the some of commonly discussed topics in memoir writing

-       The opportunity to experiment with “freewriting” using prompts during class time

-       The opportunity to share their writing with the larger group (on a volunteer basis)

-       The opportunity to engage with a writing community for a six week period

-       The opportunity to begin collecting stories from their life 

-     The opportunity to learn how to give meaningful and effective feedback on writing 

-     The opportunity to consider writing as a way of understanding the stories from our life

Available: Available

Price: $294.00 Taxes not included

Required age: 18+ on the day of the activity

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