Masterclass Recording: Writing Difficult Stories

Writers of memoir often get stuck on particular moments in their narrative. Sometimes it’s a painful memory, which we’re not sure how to tackle. Sometimes it’s an event which involved other people, whom we’re worried about hurting. How do we write our way through different sorts of difficult events on our memoir journeys? This masterclass with Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction-shortlisted memoirist Noreen Masud offers a range of strategies for tackling these difficult moments. We’ll discuss, and try out, different ways of thinking about and depicting tricky episodes in non-fiction narratives – many of which have ‘turned the light on’ for other writers.

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