Introduction to Memoir (includes access to Getting Published)
A special offer from Kill Your Darlings. Learn about how to begin and develop your memoir manuscript AND access Getting Published.
This is a special offer from Kill Your Darlings Writing Workshop. Access both 'Introduction to Memoir' with Rebecca Starford and 'Getting Published' with Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent for the special price of $198, saving $100!
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Your Instructor
Hannah Kent is the co-founder and publishing director of Kill Your Darlings. Her debut novel, Burial Rites (2013), has been translated into thirty languages and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Stella Prize, the Guardian First Book Award, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year, amongst others. Hannah’s second novel, The Good People (2016) was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the Queensland Literary Awards and the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. It is being adapted for film by Aquarius Productions.
Rebecca Starford is the co-founder and publishing director of Kill Your Darlings. Her debut memoir, Bad Behaviour (Allen & Unwin), was published in 2015 and is currently in development with Matchbox Pictures. Rebecca is a former editor at Text Publishing, and has worked for Affirm Press and Australian Book Review. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Age, and Weekend Australian. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland and is currently working on her second book.
Course Curriculum
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StartIntroduction
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StartWhy Memoir?
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StartHow Necessary Is This Project To You?
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StartMemoir vs. Autobiography
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StartSuggested Exercise: Memoir vs. Autobiography
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StartYour Teacher: How I Determined A Timeframe For My Memoir
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StartFinding Prompts For Memory
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StartYour Teacher: Choosing The Best Prompts For Your Project
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StartSuggested Exercise: Writing From A Memory Prompt
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StartPushing Through Emotional Resistance
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StartYour Teacher: Pushing Through The (Emotional) Burn
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StartIntroduction
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StartWriting Memoir: Fragments And Anecdotes
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StartSuggested Exercise: Fragments and Anecdotes
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StartYour Teacher: Initial Drafting Of Bad Behaviour
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StartThe Importance of Timeline
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StartSuggested Exercise: Drawing Up Your Timeline
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StartYour Teacher: How To Produce A Concise Timeline
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StartWhat Are The Themes Of Your Memoir?
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StartWriting Other People
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StartThe Art of Conflation
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StartSuggested Exercise: Conflation
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StartThe Art of Concealment
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StartSuggested Exercise: Concealing Identity
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StartYour Teacher: Careful Rewriting