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The Muse and the Marketplace begins this Friday, May 10! Attendee schedules are now frozen for printing; if you did not sign up for sessions in advance or wish to make a change, never fear: you’ll be able to join sessions on the fly as well by checking in with the Session Manager at the door. For completely full sessions, the Session Manager will use their discretion on whether additional seating and/or standing room will be available per fire code. We cannot wait to host you at the Boston Park Plaza for an incredible weekend ahead!
Friday, May 10 • 10:30am - 11:30am
Researching the Personal Narrative
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The best memoirs tell stories that–no matter how distant or different from our own experience–we can connect with or relate to. Figuring out how to do this as a writer, however, can be very difficult. In this session, co-lead by writers whose editors requested that their books be researched, we will discuss how to effectively connect our personal stories to a larger theme. We will examine tips and techniques for doing research, including how to conduct interviews, comb effectively through the past, and mesh what we uncover with our personal story without losing narrative power. You can expect to leave with some concrete approaches to turn what is intimately yours into a larger, more relatable memoir.
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avatar for Shalene Gupta

Shalene Gupta

Shalene Gupta is a writer and journalist. She’s the author of The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD, and co-author of The Power of Trust. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, ESPN, Fast Company, Fortune and Harvard Business Review among other places. She was awarded... Read More →
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Michelle Bowdler

Michelle Bowdler is the author of Is Rape a Crime? A Memoir, an Investigation and a Manifesto, longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction. She is a recipient of the Barbara Deming Memorial Award and has been a Fellow at MacDowell and Ragdale. Her writing appears in... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Cambridge
  Nonfiction

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