OWC 206 A — Memoir IV: Completion and Revision
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Rachel Howard
Date(s): Jan 14—Mar 18
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:15 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 16
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 15
Status: Closed
Quarter: Winter
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:15 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 14—Mar 18
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 16
Instructor(s): Rachel Howard
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Enrollment Limit: 15
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Closed
This course is not open to the public, but rather by admission only. For more information on the Writing Certificate Program and is application process, please click here.
While students should have a beginning, a middle, and an end to their memoir by this point in the sequence, inevitably there remain holes to be filled in the draft. This last core course will enable students to fill in these holes, working closely with an instructor and in small dedicated groups to identify missing sections, guide the redrafting of chapters that previous workshops have shown to be problematic, perform line editing, or take on any other activities to complete and improve upon the manuscript. What you will learn in this course will enable you to take your memoir from a collection of memories to a powerful, cohesive narrative that captivates your readers while staying true to your life story.
While students should have a beginning, a middle, and an end to their memoir by this point in the sequence, inevitably there remain holes to be filled in the draft. This last core course will enable students to fill in these holes, working closely with an instructor and in small dedicated groups to identify missing sections, guide the redrafting of chapters that previous workshops have shown to be problematic, perform line editing, or take on any other activities to complete and improve upon the manuscript. What you will learn in this course will enable you to take your memoir from a collection of memories to a powerful, cohesive narrative that captivates your readers while staying true to your life story.
RACHEL HOWARD
Author
Rachel Howard is the author of a memoir about her father’s unsolved murder, The Lost Night, and a novel, The Risk of Us. Her personal essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times "Draft" series, The Los Angeles Review of Books, StoryQuarterly, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the recipient of a 2024 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and is working on a new memoir. Howard received an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson College. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.