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Saturday, May 11 • 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Roadmap to Revision: Make Your Memoir Agent-Ready
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Revising a memoir can feel overwhelming, but it’s a crucial process for memoirists to make their story compelling to readers and irresistible to agents. This session will address five approaches for revising memoir, including ramping up the stakes, honing the structure, and sharpening characters. We’ll explore published memoirs to identify what’s working, and then apply those techniques to our own manuscripts using hands-on exercises. We’ll discuss strategies for identifying weak areas in our memoir drafts, and develop action plans for how to address them. Finally, we’ll talk about how to know when your manuscript is “ready,” and what agents look for in your opening pages.

Expect to leave this session with a toolbox of revision strategies and a roadmap for honing your memoir draft!
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Katie Bannon

Memoirist & Essayist
Katie Bannon is a writer, editor, and educator whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Rumpus, ELLE, and more. A graduate of GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator, she holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Emerson College. Her memoir manuscript, which talks about her journey... Read More →

Saturday May 11, 2024 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Cambridge
  Nonfiction

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