Lawrence Adult Education

Everyone has a story to tell. Writing your memoir helps you reflect on the varied experiences that impacted your life and helped shape who you are today. This course looks at a variety of digital tools that make the process of memoir writing more fun and a little less daunting. Explore several approaches to research, learn strategies for gathering and storing materials in one easily accessible place, and delve into ways to illustrate your memoir even if you are not an artist. Polishing your work for publication and presenting it in a public format are other video topics. You will leave the course well equipped to begin your writing adventure.

All of our courses contain multiple, self-paced videos. Complete courses on your own time and speed. Each course is a PDF booklet with information about the class, instructions for taking the class, and description of the content (videos and articles accessible from direct links). The three instructors (Jill, Chris, and Ed) provide personalized support for the class via email, phone, and Zoom.FAQs...How long does each course take? For most of our courses, we recommend 4 weeks at 1-2 hours each week. What technology is required? A strong internet connection (or access to one) and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles. (Please note these courses are based on iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and Mac computers. The Zoom and Digital Tools for the Beginning Memoir Writer courses are not iOS or Mac dependent.What format are these courses in? We’ll send you the courses you want as PDFs. Each course booklet is 6-8 pages with information about the course, suggestions on how to use the course, summaries of the instructional videos, and links to all videos and articles.