Live Online – The Decisive Moment: Writing A Personal Essay

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10th September
11am-1.30pm

The key to structuring a great personal essay, is to be able to see where the decisive moment lies.

Much like a good photographer, the writer needs to develop an eye (and an I) who can reveal all the hidden layers of meaning in an experience and develop it into a story that is both rich in knowledge and understanding, and satisfying to read. In this workshop we’ll be considering how to find this decisive moment, and consider the difference between writing a situation and a story. The session will equip you to take a decisive moment from your own experience and craft it into the bones of a personal essay.

The session will be a mixture of exercise, example, and discussion. It will be held on Zoom for 2.5 hours, starting at 11am and ending at 1.30pm on Saturday 10th September.

This event is one of three Live Online sessions by Julia on writing Non-Fiction. The others are ‘Experimental Forms‘ and ‘Time Management & Structure‘. You can purchase all three at a discounted price of £100 here.

To take part, you will need a computer or smart device and reliable internet connection. You will receive a Zoom link to the masterclass close to the event. If you haven’t received the link by the morning of event, please check your spam/trash, or send an email to ennis@londonlitlab.co.uk. If you have any further questions, please email info@londonlitlab.co.uk.

Course dates

10th September
11am-1.30pm

Course location

This is an online course

Cost

£40.00

Half-price place

There will be four half price places and two free place available, on a first come first served basis. We offering one discounted place per person across Julia’s three live online events. Please email ennis@londonlitlab.co.uk to let us know if you would like one of these spots.

Further Info

The course will run with a minimum of 20 participants. Any questions at all, please drop us a line at info@londonlitlab.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help!

About the tutor

Julia Bell is a writer and Reader in Creative Writing at Birkbeck where she is the Course Director of the MA Creative Writing. Her work includes poetry, essays and short stories published in the Paris Review, Times Literary Supplement, The White Review, Mal Journal, Comma Press, and recorded for the BBC. Her most recent book-length essay Radical Attention was published by Peninsula Press.

Live Online – The Decisive Moment: Writing A Personal Essay