Autobiographical Writing Workshop ONLINE in SPANISH with Argentine writer Cecilia Szperling

In the workshop, which lasts four classes of two hours each one, you will develop your autobiographical writing skills.There will be also time for analyzing the participants production and to talk about this literary genre.

Workshop objectives

Finding your own voice through autobiographical writing. The workshop will help to explore what, in some way, is already in ourselves from our personal experiences.

This course is designed for people who want to explore autobiographical writing, life as part of fiction, and may help participants to get started in this literary genre.

Workshop development

After reading inspiring autobiographical texts, such as Vivian Gornick's Writing Personal Narrative, the participants will be guided in order to produce their own writings each class. In each meeting, several texts will be read acting as triggers and there will be two in-class writing exercises. There will be a home-writing exercise based on memories and photography. We will talk and produce a writing exercise about the family Atlas.

Suggested Bibliography

Language

The workshop will be taught in Spanish. It is not necessary to have previous experience in autobiographical writing but it is required to speak and write in Spanish with a native level or as a second language with an intermediate / advanced level.

Places

A minimum of 4 students is required to start the course. Maximum number of places: 12

Number of classes: 4 (2 hours each class)

Starts: Monday 22nd February 2021

(22 Feb/ 1, 8 and 15 March 2021)

Price: £ 120.-

Early Bird Discount: Booking until 31st January 2021 : £ 99.-

To book your space it is necessary to make the payment of the workshop.

The workshop will be taught live on the Zoom platform in a screening format (in real time) and all participants will be able to interact with the teacher during the classes. Internet connection, microphone and camera are required.

After payment the participant will receive a confirmation e-mail of the booking at the workshop and further information about it.

Read about this workshop in Spanish