Writers Helping Writers
Hosted by Palo Alto Public Library
3rd Thursday of most months (check back for updates)
Produced by the San Francisco Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club
Thursday, September 18
Writers Helping Writers
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How and Why to Write Your Memoir
Writing a memoir is a powerful way to find your voice, tell your story, and reach out to the larger world with who you are. It’s a process of mining memories and discovering the most meaningful stories.
Evelyn LaTorre has written two memoirs and is working on a third. It might surprise you how beneficial thinking and writing about your life can be. That simple creative act tends to lead to insights into how your experiences fit together and explain who you are today. Writing about a positive or negative personal or family memory also has the potential to improve your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Evelyn will share how memoir writing has benefited her and can be a pathway for you to recall your forgotten past. It can help you on your way to greater understanding of yourself and others who have played key roles in your life.
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Evelyn LaTorre’s first book, Between Inca Walls, won the coveted Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award and first place in the Hearten Awards from Chanticleer International Books. Love in Any Language, won a Book Excellence Award. Both memoirs have been given numerous 5-star reviews. Dr. LaTorre’s writing has appeared in World View Magazine, Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, The California Writers Club Literary Review, The Tri-City-City Voice, Dispatches, Clevermag.com, Conscious Connection, Sanctuary Magazine, Girltalk HQ, and in professional publications. She is a lifetime member of the National Association of Memoir Writers and a long-time member of the California Writers Club. Her articles are on her website: https://www.evelynlatorre.com
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Attend these free events at the Palo Alto Rinconada Library.
Upcoming presenters:
October 16 - TBD
November 20 - TBD
Presentations are the third Thursday of the month.
Evelyn LaTorre
How and Why to Write Your Memoir
Thursday,
Sept 18
6:30 - 7:45 pm
1213 Newell Road
Palo Alto 94303
As you enter the library on the right off Newell Road, there is ample parking. The library is to your left opposite the Palo Alto Art Building. The Embarcadero Room is immediately to your right as you enter the building.
Palo Alto Public Library Events
Hosted by Cynthia McCarthy, Writers Helping Writers is offered jointly by CWC's San Francisco Peninsula branch and the Palo Alto Public Library.
Please join us the third Thursday of the month (except June, July, August, and December) at 6:30 pm. Meetings are in-person only.
To hear about other writing programs, subscribe to the library newsletter here.
Each month, CWC SF Peninsula branch members share learned techniques and experiences in our craft. From scoping out your memoir to finding inspiration for a poem to plotting your novel to learning the ins and outs of blogging—we teach what we’ve learned. This is an opportunity for all writers to meet and share their experiences.
Our purpose? To pass on what we’ve discovered to help other writers.
Anyone can attend, free of charge.