Two-Day Intensive: Comedic Memoir

You don’t have to be a celebrity comedian to write a funny memoir. You don’t have to be born with a sense of humor or have had anything funny happen to you. A memoirist must make a meal out of their experience, however minor, however unfunny–that’s the job we’ll learn to do. There are many types of comedy and many comedic tools, and we’ll talk about how to use them all to write 200+ pages. We’ll refer to a few perfect comedic memoirs as examples. In this lecture-style class, students will brainstorm and receive informative handouts and inspirational assignments.