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Telling Your Own Story
A Memoir Writing Workshop​

​by Ron Rozelle  

June 26 & 27, 2020
10AM-5PM

Daunted by the idea of writing a memoir? Don’t worry. A memoir is not an autobiography, but a collection of memories or reminiscences and your reflections about them. It can be a specific event, a particular time period, perhaps a career, or a relationship. Maybe you want to pass on favorite recipes to your children. Your memories of the family who created and loved them is a memoir. Have a box of old photos? Don’t limit yourself to captions; tell the stories of your experiences with the people in the photos. Even those scrapbooks of your travels can springboard into an adventure memoir. Piece any of these together with theme, narrative, and reflections and you have a memoir.

Many memoirs don’t get written because the writer thinks they have “nothing to write about” or no one would be interested. But they’d be wrong on both counts. Ron Rozelle’s two-day workshop will help the writer craft memoir that conveys insight and understanding, and be entertaining, as well. He’ll cover research, planning, and story-telling techniques. For those interested in publishing, he’ll touch on query letters to agents or publishers. There’ll be plenty of time to receive gentle feedback on your writing and be inspired by others’ ideas.

Whether family and friends or an audience of strangers, your life has something readers will enjoy. So don’t hesitate any longer. Let Ron Rozelle show you how to tell your story.
 
Space is limited, so sign up soon. Ages 18 and up.
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Ron Rozelle with his muse, his granddaughter Zoe.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Rozelle has written ten books, including his memoir Into that Good Night (1998), the first non-agented publication by New York’s Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in over five years. My Boys and Girls are in There, which received the Calvert Prize, was selected for the 2015 Washington County READ. In addition to publishing fiction and creative non-fiction, Rozelle authored Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting on the craft of writing, featured in Writers Digest magazine. Long a hero of Sam Houston, Rozelle’s most recent work, Exiled: The Last Days of Sam Houston, honors this Texas statesman. Among his many writing endeavors, Rozelle is also the current editor of Image magazine celebrating Brazoria County.

His accomplishments, as well as accolades bestowed on him, are numerous and widespread. Rozelle has delighted attendees at both the Texas Book Festival and the Texas Folklife Festival, entertained readers with a weekly column in the Brazosport Facts, and broadened the horizons of writers who have attended his workshops or sought editorial critique for their manuscripts. Students in his English classes at Brazoswood High School in Clute, Texas, from which he retired in 2017, were lucky to have had him as their teacher.

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This is a 2-day workshop.
Friday, June 26, 10AM - 5PM
and
Saturday, June 27, 10AM - 5PM
 
Location:
Yumm! Eats & Treats, Conference Room
106 East Alamo, Brenham
(Lunch break and plenty of time for Blue Bell ice cream!)
 
Class Fee:  $225
Registration deadline:  May 12, 2020 ​

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