A 60-MINUTE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP WITH ELLYN  GELMAN

Voice of Innocence vs Voice of Experience in Memoir and Fiction

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH AT 

“It is voice, then, in all its manifestations, that examines multiple and mysterious facets of a persona: the real ‘you’ deepened into character. In fact, I think of nonfiction characters as having different depths of view—as opposed to fiction that utilizes different points of view.”
- Sue William Silverman

Using writing shared slides, handouts and writing prompts, I will guide you through writing in the voice of innocence and the voice of experience.

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You'll come away with:

Participants will be able to distinguish between, and write in both the voice of innocence and the voice of experience in memoir or in character development 

 

Meet your instructor

Ellyn Gelman

Ellyn Gelman’s lifelong love of reading and storytelling developed into a passion for writing. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University in 2017. She is the mother of three grown children and the grandmother of a beautiful granddaughter. Her essays have been published in Brain,Child Magazine, Adoptive Family Magazine, NPR’s This I Believe, Fish Anthology, and The Pandemic Midlife Crisis, Gen X Women on the Brink (an anthology). Fuse published her first short story. Website: Ellynkgelman.com. 

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 When I created this space, I thought I was building a community where women could create together, deepen their craft, and accomplish their writing goals. And in many ways, that's exactly what happened.

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