A Secret Garden: Writing Childhood Memories

“Anybody who has survived childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” – Flannery O’Connor

No matter who we are, we have this in common: we were all children once. It is during this universal stage of life that we are the most open to the world, and experience most deeply the full range of emotions—from tantrumming rage, to giddy joy, to sublime wonderment. Even for non-writers, childhood memories become stories carried through, and shared for, a lifetime.

If you are a writer, this period can be your creative Eden. Whether you want to use childhood experiences directly as subject matter in fiction, memoir or poetry, or translate the powerfully imprinted memories and sensations into “emotional autobiography,” or capture the child’s point of view when writing juvenile fiction, this retreat aims to make more available this resource that is unique to you. Designed for both new writers and those with an established practice, this workshop/retreat is not intended as an exploration of trauma, but to help you turn memory into material and write more resonantly and empathetically.

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