OWC 205 C — Memoir III: Envisioning an Ending
Quarter: Fall
Instructor(s): David King
Date(s): Sep 22—Dec 1
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Tuesdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 6:00—7:15 pm (PT)
Please Note: No class the week of November 23
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Sep 24
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 15
Status: Registration opens Aug 17, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Fall
Day: Tuesdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 6:00—7:15 pm (PT)
Date(s): Sep 22—Dec 1
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Sep 24
Instructor(s): David King
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Enrollment Limit: 15
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Aug 17, 8:30 am (PT)
Please Note: No class the week of November 23
This course is not open to the public, but rather by admission only. For more information on the Writing Certificate Program and its application process, please click here.
It is time to envision your memoir’s ending, which will provide a clear sense of destination and urgency to carry you through the rest of your project. We will review examples of published memoir endings, explore strategies for concluding a memoir, and work toward crafting a resonant ending that delivers on the promise of the beginning. We will also examine questions of truthfulness in memoir, including the use of representational scenes, time compression, and composite characters. You will continue generating new material to deepen themes and heighten the stakes of your story. While you may not yet be at the end of your manuscript, knowing where you want the story to land will help ensure coherence and imbue the pages you are still drafting with a sense of inevitability and resonance.
It is time to envision your memoir’s ending, which will provide a clear sense of destination and urgency to carry you through the rest of your project. We will review examples of published memoir endings, explore strategies for concluding a memoir, and work toward crafting a resonant ending that delivers on the promise of the beginning. We will also examine questions of truthfulness in memoir, including the use of representational scenes, time compression, and composite characters. You will continue generating new material to deepen themes and heighten the stakes of your story. While you may not yet be at the end of your manuscript, knowing where you want the story to land will help ensure coherence and imbue the pages you are still drafting with a sense of inevitability and resonance.
DAVID KING
Author
David King is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller Death in the City of Light and Six Days in August, an SXSW Speaker Series Best Book of 2023. His book The Trial of Adolf Hitler was longlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize and the Cundill History Prize. A Cambridge graduate and Fulbright scholar, King’s books have been translated into nearly 20 languages, with film rights sold to four major Hollywood studios and production companies.Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Cameron Crowe, The Uncool, A Memior (ISBN 978-1668059432)
(Required) Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart, A Memior (ISBN 978-1984898951)
(Required) Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart, A Memior (ISBN 978-1984898951)