MELANIE BROOKS

During this panel presentation, five memoirists will share the steps they’ve taken to build authentic, sustainable reader connections that neither shy away from dark topics nor dwell on them.

Nonfiction writing about challenges both personal and global will be the focus of this five-day workshop led by writers Melanie Brooks and Suzanne Strempek Shea who’ve long addressed health and trauma in acclaimed memoirs, a craft book, biographies, essays and op-eds.

In this workshop, attendees will look at the pros and cons of seeking agent representation for their projects.

In this four-day workshop, we will engage in writing exercises and prompts designed to tap into remembered experiences and reconstruct scenes from the past to uncover the stories they hold.