Getting Started on Your Story Workshop
“Your story matters. Your story will outlive you.
Let me help you craft it.”
A workshop for community organizations and volunteer, church, and corporate groups
This is 90-minute workshop is designed for anyone who would like to familiarize themselves with the art of memoir and start thinking about a story they might like to write and tell from their lives. By the end of the workshop, participants will have completed (at the very least) an opening and a scene for their story.
I’ll guide you through the process, you’ll be in a lively group with others who are interested in memoirs and I can promise it’ll be a joyful, creative (and painless!) experience.
It may even prompt you to start to tackle a larger memoir writing project.
Available in person and through Zoom for up to 20 people.
Workshop fee: $600
Your workshop leader:
Anne Bokma is an award-winning journalist, author, workshop leader and the founder of the 6- Minute Memoir, a live storytelling series in her hometown of Hamilton, Ontario. More than 300 individual true-life tales have been shared in front of thousands of audience members at more than two dozen events since 2013 and the event has raised more than $50,000 for local charities.
Anne is the recipient of the 2020 City of Hamilton Arts Award for Writing. Her memoir, My Year of Living Spiritually: One Woman’s Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life won the nonfiction book award and Kerry Schooley award in the 2020 Hamilton Literary Awards.
“Anne Bokma’s online workshop was superb – well organized, well planned and well executed. Her energetic delivery and inclusive presentation style were appreciated by all attendees. I highly recommend this workshop.”
“With a generous spirit, Anne strives to know her audience and what might be most helpful to them. Her presentation is personal and informative, crafted with warmth, good humour, and an informed and thoughtful approach to her subject matter.”
“Anne’s workshop was well delivered and engaging and I highly recommend it for any storytellers interested in continuing their development.”
“Anne’s workshop ‘How to Write and Tell Your Story’ was engaging, interactive and a creative way to consider how to write a memoir. So much food for thought. Many participants who hadn’t previously thought about writing a memoir were catapulted into creating one from their own stories.”
“This was the first Zoom workshop I have attended and I was so impressed! The input from Anne (excellent suggestions for writing memoir) along with an opportunity to see previous 6-Minute Memoir participants present, was a winning combination. I was totally engaged.”
