Online Course: Memoir Writing - Certificate and CEUs
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Basic Course: $29.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $54.00
Preserve, and pass on your family heritage through writing your memoirs. "Memoir Writing" guides you to recall and write your life stories and memories through step by step writing prompts and exercises in a fun, and supportive atmosphere. You will record your stories of joy and sorrow, of failure and success in this family journal. Memorable experiences will pour from your pen like spilled ink on a page. Excerpts from my own journal will provide you with specific examples. This online writing class is for you, whether you are the creative type or not, whether or not you have ever kept a journal, and even if you think you don’t have enough recollections stored. Beginning writers wanted. Start a memory journal for you and your loved ones. If you want to preserve memories for future generations, or share a meaningful gift of yourself, then sign up today. Do it now. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

Memoir Writing

~ You have a story to tell ~ 

 

Write.  Learn.  Belong.

Pass on your family stories to future generations.

Interactive live teacher you can talk with

No time limits on assignments

 

Would you like to pass on your family stories and precious memories to your children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren?  Or maybe you want to remember them for yourself.  A real, live, interactive teacher will guide you to recall and write your life stories through step by step writing prompts and exercises in a fun, and supportive atmosphere.  

 

Gift a gift of yourself.  Preserve, and pass on your family heritage through writing your memoirs.  You will record your stories of joy and sorrow, of failure and success in this family journal.  Memorable experiences will pour from your pen like spilled ink on a page.  Excerpts from my own journal will provide you with specific examples. 

 

This online writing class is for you, whether you are the creative type or not, whether or not you have ever kept a journal, and even if you think you don't think you have enough recollections stored.  Start a memory journal for you and your loved ones.  If you want to preserve memories for future generations, or share a meaningful gift of yourself, then join me.

 

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So, Why Am I Writing A Family Memoir Journal Anyway? No experience writing? No problem, I will take you through the steps needed to create your own family memoirs, a keepsake journal to treasure for years. All you need is a willingness to try the writing exercises, a computer and email. Are you ready to preserve your family heritage through a collection of memorabilia and written memories? We will record the family stories of joy and sorrow, of failure and success that you have traveled through together. We will begin our memory journal for you and your family.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. So, Why Am I Writing a Family Memoir Anyway? - Overcoming objections Writing your purpose or dedication Set up and start up-organization Prompts to get you going
  2. I Smell a Memory Baking - Brainstorming memories Vacation Memories Emotions Question words Recipes
  3. Color Memoirs - Using color to create memories in prose and poetry.
  4. Lesson Four: Vivid Verbs and More - Using verbs, adjectives, and similes to add some pizzaz to your memoirs.
  5. Lesson Five: Autobiographical Poem - Autobiographical Poem Memory Starters
  6. Lesson Six: Surveys, Interviews - Surveys, Interviews
  7. Lesson Seven: Extraordinary in the Ordinary - A moment of epiphany in the mundane
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Course Title : Memoir Writing
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 15528
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/memoirs101
Course Review :
Instructor : Joanie Brown
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $29.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $54.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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