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8-week Personal Essay & Memoir starting 2.24.26 – Carroll Gardens

December 1, 2025 By Julia Fierro

Instructor: Meg Charlton
Begins February 24, 2026 | meets 1x/week| Tues 7-9pm

Location: Carroll Gardens
Fee: $725 | returning writers receive a $50 discount

A writing sample is not required (but welcome) for this class.

Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. In-class writing prompts will be used to inspire and motivate students to produce new work.

This workshop is open to writers working on memoir and personal essays, and writers at all levels of skill and experience are welcome to join.

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Filed Under: All Genres, Brooklyn, Generative, In person

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Upcoming Online Classes

12-wk VIRTUAL Manuscript Generator I (novels, memoirs, story & essay collections) – begins 11.24.25

6-week ONLINE Master Fiction Writing – begins 1.6.26

8-wk ONLINE Writing Sprints generative class (all genres) – begins wk of 1.14.26

12-wk VIRTUAL Manuscript Generator I (novels, memoirs, story & essay collections) – begins 1.14.26

8-week ONLINE Personal Essay & Memoir I/II – begins wk of 1.19.26

Upcoming In-Person Classes

8-week Master Fiction – begins 1.13.26 – Sunset Park, Brooklyn

8-week Writing Sprints (all genres) generative class – begins 1.12.25 – Park Slope

8-week Master Fiction – begins 1.14.26 – Park Slope

8-week Personal Essay & Memoir starting 1.12.26 – Bed-Stuy

8-week Writing Sprints (all genres) generative class – begins 1.13.26 – Park Slope

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