Creative Writing Workshop

My Family Story: Everyone has a story, whether it’s your own or your ancestors. Writing your family history so people will want to read it means pushing past the dry facts to craft a compelling narrative. In this workshop, we'll examine a powerful piece of family storytelling - James McBride's The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. We'll also practice techniques such as writing descriptive events from your ancestor's lives or creating a character profile based on a relative. 

Instructor Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons is an award-winning essayist, playwright, and an adjunct writing instructor at York College. She also produces No, YOU Tell It! (www.noyoutellit.com) - a reading series that "switches-up" the storytelling. Each NYTI storyteller writes a true-life tale and then flips scripts with a partner to present each other's story. Contact her at noyoutellit@gmail.com.

Date: November 19, 2017 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Location: Astoria Bookshop | Queens, NY

Admission: $10 suggested contribution. BYO pen & paper.

Event website: astoriabookshop.com