Diana Raab

Memoir

Finding the Emotional Truth in your Story

Monday-Friday
9:00-11:30 AM
Studio

We all have a story to tell, but the question is what is yours to tell? In a supportive and confidential milieu, together we will dive deep into memories, discuss one another’s work, and engage in stimulating writing prompts. We will discuss the art of memoir writing, what makes a memoir compelling, how to find your memoir’s focus, and how to express your deepest emotions.

The workshop is suitable for those who have been contemplating writing a memoir, as well as those who have already begun the writing process. You will leave the workshop inspired, encouraged and with many snippets of writing to be used in your developing memoir. Optional: Bring 3-5 double-spaced pages of your memoir, preferably from the beginning.

Bio

Diana Raab, MFA, PhD is an award-winning memoirist, poet, and thought-leader. She’s been writing personal stories and memoir for more than five decades. She’s the author offourteen books, including three memoirs. Her latest is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, a memoir with writing and reflection prompts (2024), Regina’s Closet, and Healing With Words. Her book Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life and its accompanying journal won the Feathered Quill Book Award for best self-help book. In addition to being widely published in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, she writes regularly for Thrive Global, Psychology Today, Wisdom Daily, and is a guest writer for many others. She’s lectured and facilitated nationwide workshops in memoir writing and for healing and transformation at places such as, UCLA Extension, UCSB Extension, The Open Center, 1440 Multiversity, Hugo House, and Sacred Space to name a few. She also can be found teaching online on DailyOM. Her undergraduate education is in nursing and journalism. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing, and a PhD in Psychology where she researched the healing and transformative powers of memoir writing.

Writing Tip I Live By:

Write from your heart and everything else will fall into place.

Her website is: dianaraab.com.