Upcoming Events: Where You Can Find Us
Here’s a look at our upcoming online events, plus third-party event where you can find our authors and editors! [You may also view past events by using the month view and scrolling back.]
Deep Dive: Scenes That Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir & What Goes (Ronit Plank)
Deep Dives are intensive/generative 90-minute workshops, with two options to choose from each day during HippoCamp Weekend; these are NOT included in the main ticket package and require separate registration. Registration is limited to 20 attendees; we suggest signing up early.
About the Session
The heartbeat of a memoir is a mind at work trying to make sense of what we’ve experienced and why it matters now. As memoirists our job isn’t merely to report the circumstances we endured but create gripping narratives that keep readers invested and turning the page. In this session we’ll work with tools and generative prompts to help you write scenes that amplify the stakes, tension, and resonance in your memoir.
This session will help memoirists:
- craft a map of key events that belong in their memoir
- deepen the emotional and psychological dynamics in their pages
- write scenes that create propulsive narrative arcs
- experiment with potential structures for their project
Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Poets & Writers, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, The New York Times, and elsewhere, earning Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Pushcart Prize nominations.
Her first book is the memoir When She Comes Back, her second the story collection Home is a Made-Up Place. She’s CNF editor at The Citron Review, teaches memoir widely, and hosts the podcast and Substack Let’s Talk Memoir featuring interviews with memoirists about their creative process and writing life. Find her across social media at: @RonitPlank.
TICKET INFO
You may register for this event a la carte, independent of the full HippoCamp Online Weekend. (But if you would like to attend other sessions or the entire event, you can learn more here.)
This session is limited to 20 attendees for optimal engagement with speaker and each other; we suggest signing up as early as possible to secure your seat. Note: Deep Dives are using the Zoom meeting format where all attendees will be on screen.
