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ONLINE MASTER CLASS: Shaping Your Family History Into Compelling Stories
Do you have family stories in your head, a few trinkets you inherited, or a box of old family photographs, letters or family documents with which you always wanted to “do something?” This workshop will explore different approaches to creating compelling stories from family history. We will study how artifacts such as letters and official documents can be used to develop a narrative, discuss different research methods, and look closely at how source material is transformed into a story. We will also practice writing short scenes and examine literary devices and structure to help shape our stories.
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern
Where: In the comfort of your home, via the Zoom platform
$50 Members; $75 Non-members
Registrants will receive a short reading on Friday, June 21, to review ahead of the master class. If you register after June 21, we will email the reading to you as soon as possible.
Master Class details, including the Zoom link to join, will be sent to registrants in a reminder email prior to the class.
Master Class Instructor:
| Annette Gendler is the author of the award-winning children’s book Natalie and the Nazi Soldiers, the guide How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History, and the memoir Jumping Over Shadows. She writes the Substack The Art of Living and Writing and teaches courses on writing stories from family history. |
This project was supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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