This workshop was offered in 2022. See this year’s workshops.

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Exploding the Moment:
An Advanced Memoir Workshop

Writing workshop in New Jersey
January 14-17, 2022
Led by Krys Malcolm Belc

Learn how to make crucial moments in your memoir project “pop” with life. In this workshop, we will discuss published excerpts to explore how memoirists create tension in key scenes from their life stories. In a supportive, generative space, we will re-envision pivotal moments in our larger projects with exciting writing prompts and workshop our own short excerpts. Be ready to submit a chapter of your memoir-in-progress (up to 2,500 words) that contains a scene you know needs to be enlivened by Dec. 15 (or, if registering after that date, within a week of registering).

*Limited to just 10 participants.* 

 

“I came into the getaway not knowing what to expect and left counting down the days until I could come back. It was easy to take risks and attempt something new with such a wonderful community of writers who all expressed such support and encouragement. It was something that I did not realize I was missing in my life until I experienced it. Thank you!”
~ Trista, Toms River, NJ

 

Krys Malcolm Belc

Krys Malcolm Belc is the author of the memoir The Natural Mother of the Child (Counterpoint, 2021) and the flash nonfiction chapbook In Transit. His work has been featured in Granta, The Rumpus, Black Warrior Review and elsewhere. He received his BA from Swarthmore College, his M.Ed in Special Education from Arcadia University and his MFA in Creative Writing at Northern Michigan University. Krys lives in Philadelphia with his partner and their three young children and works as an educator in a pediatric oncology clinic. For more information, visit his website.