Product Details
Estimated length: 1.5 hours
Access Time: 90 days
Creative Writing: Memoir current price is $29
Topics Covered
- What Is Memoir?
- Memoir vs. Autobiography
- Different Structures for a Memoir
- Developing an Outline
- Exploring Your Memory
- The Importance of Telling the Truth
- Novelistic Techniques
- Drafting and Revision
- Takeaways
- Common Pitfalls
Key Features
- Mobile-friendly
- Audio-enabled
- Badge and credit-awarding
- Games & Flashcards
- Expert-supported
- Video content
- Fully accessible
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Course Description
Do you have a story to tell? Most of us do—correction, we all do. Every one of us, by virtue of being human, has experiences and insights that are worth retelling. But how can we tell those stories in a way that other people will want to read them and learn from them? Memoir is the art of taking scenes from our past and presenting them to an audience, not simply for the sake of telling a story but to inform, entertain, and establish an emotional bond with our ...
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the difference between memoir and autobiography
- Identify different narrative structures that allow for effective storytelling
- Choose incidents from your past that present a coherent and compelling story
- Develop an outline for your memoir
- Discuss the use of novelistic techniques to engage readers
- Distinguish between scene, summary, and reflection
- Edit and rewrite your work to eliminate weaknesses
Notes
This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.
As an Accredited Provider, MindEdge offers for its learning events that comply with the Continuing Education and Training Standard.
Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive credit. Learners will have three attempts at all graded assessments.
