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First Person! First Night! Held on the evening of the first calendar day of each month regardless of what day of the week it is, this is an opportunity for you to read excerpts from your autobiographical work-in-progress before a small audience in a comfortable environment. First Person! First Night! takes place in our Amherst office suite from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Please drop in or call 253-2353. The rules are simple: Confidential....free Ethical Wills: Documenting the Values You Want to Pass On An Ethical Will, also known as a Legacy Letter, is a statement of your values, hopes, and wisdom. This workshop helps you write your ethical will so that your family will understand what is important to you. The first session of our workshop clarifies why ethical wills are experiencing a rebirth, who writes them, and how they are written. The second session offers an opportunity for participants share their own ethical will documents if they so desire. Open to the general public, also useful to estate lawyers, financial planners, hospice professionals. The New Memoirs: It's Your Story The New Autobiography is new because it is written as self-discovery rather than self-promotion. Ten sessions This workshop focuses directly on writing and organizing a personal memoir. What should you include? How should you organize materials? Can you trust your memory? How should you handle delicate matters? Discussion, writing, outside readings, homework. Mourning: The Bereavement Book© For they are now a part of us, as we remember them. Twelve sessions It is hard to integrate memories and feelings after a death, especially when they are intense, complicated, and unfocussed. This goal-oriented but supportive workshop includes discussion, writing, and homework. Each participant produces his or her own private book, with a dual focus: the deceased and the writer's personal feelings. We do some laughing, crying, singing, and eating, as well as writing. Book Building: An Overview of Editing, Design, Format, Printing and Binding Every good painting deserves a well-designed, well-proportioned frame. Every good manuscript deserve a well-designed, well-proportioned book. One session This lecture-style workshop is of particular value for writers of poetry, essays, short stories, and novels, collectors of recipes, diaries, photographs, family histories and memoirs. It de-mystifies the publishing process–– what to watch for, what to expect. Hand-outs include vocabulary lists and reference materials. Information about literary agents, copyrights, and other issues in publishing can be included. |
