The power of personal essays and memoirs lie in their unflinching honesty and rawness of emotion, allowing a reader to feel seen in someone else's story. But to write this way requires true self-analysis, elimination of embarrassment, and the ability to craft a story truthfully from memory. In this workshop, learn how to do just that—as well as what makes a good subject for personal narrative, how to excavate your own feelings and put them on the page, and what to do when the writing gets emotional. 
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MICKIE MEINHARDT is a writer, editor, and the owner and founder of The Buzzed Word bookshop, wine shop, and wine bar in Ocean City, Maryland. As a journalist and essayist, her work has been published in The Cut, The Bitter Southerner, Literary Hub, Guernica, Eater, and many others, and she holds a MFA from The New School, where she was a Creative Writing Fellow. Prior to business ownership, she had a twelve year career as a copywriter and editor, ran reading series and literary and wine events in New York City, and was the Events Director for Guernica.