Testimonial from a Workshop Participant

Creating a Safe and Nurturing Environment

In my writing workshops, I create an environment that is nurturing and safe. I am dedicated to rigor and excellence and encourage writers to become fearless in the pursuit of the unique beauty and truth of their story.

Working with Marita Golden was a major turning point in my life as a writer. She saw things in my work that I didn't see myself, and she guided me with the unmistakable skill of a true master. But more importantly, she saw things in me as a writer--as the person I am--that I had yet to claim. She helped and continues to help me toward full confidence in my vision. My voice is stronger and clearer because of her support.

Sarah Trembath

Author of This Past Was Waiting for Me and It Was the Scarlet that Did It

Write Regularly With Confidence

Becoming a skilled writer unleashes demons, doubt, fears and anxieties for which writers are often unprepared. Many who want to write fear they lack the talent or tenacity required of the dedicated writer. I lead workshops where these subjects are not taboo, are discussed openly and where writers find and create community. Through writing exercises inspired by my many years as a master teacher, participants break through the psychological barriers that cripple their attempts to write with regularity and confidence.

WORKSHOPS, CLASSES & SPECIAL EVENTS

If it is necessary to cancel a workshop, participants will be notified via email before the first day of class. If a class is canceled, registrants will be given the option to receive a full refund or they can use their payment as credit toward another workshop. This credit must be used within one year of the original payment. If you need to cancel your registration you will receive a credit that can be used toward another workshop. Contact [email protected]. This credit must be used within one year of the original payment. No credits or refunds are given for missed classes.

“Working with Marita Golden was the best investment I could have made in my development as a writer.”

Bernardine (Dine) Watson

Author of Transplant, A Memoir

Black Women Writing Memoir

You want to write the story of your life. I’ll show you how.

From Sojourner Truth to Maya Angelou Black women have a long tradition of writing about their lives as a form of witness. Today Black women are writing their way into artistry, creativity, and wisdom as they explore and recreate the meaning of the lives they have lived. Are you ready to be part of that tradition?

This workshop for Black Women Writing Memoirs will provide you with a safe and nurturing space to write your life story.

October 2024 to March 2025

(Wednesday evenings)

6 pm to 8 pm (EST)

12 Zoom Sessions

Tuition: $2,497

(payments can be made in one payment or in three payments)

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You will be in a community with dedicated writers invested in mastering the art of memoir. You will write, learn how to revise your work, and benefit from in-depth discussion of your writing and the work of your colleagues.

Monthly reading and discussions of a wide range of classic memoirs will introduce you to the elements of style and the power of narrative.

You will meet and get to ask questions of Cherisse Fisher, a literary agent with the New York-based Wendy Sherman Agency.

Cherise Fisher

Over the course of her twenty-five year career, Cherise worked as an acquiring editor at Simon & Schuster and the Editor-in-Chief of Plume. She advocates for memoirs that uncover the diversity of human experience, and take on non-fiction writers who are experts on a variety of topics such as personal development, health and sexuality, racial identity, Christianity and spirituality, diet and fitness, African American history, and pop culture.

You’ll get:

Professional guidance to write your story with power and skill
A supportive community of Black women writers on the same journey
A reading list of classic memoirs by Black women writers from Audre Lorde to Natasha Tretheway
Regular writing assignments
Regular discussion of your writing in the workshops
We’ll meet twice monthly for writing workshops and group discussions of your narrative submission
You will have an individual coaching session with me
You will get my regular written evaluation of your writing
Workshop discussion of your writing will enhance and broaden your understanding of your story
I will provide a written evaluation of your final writing project: A submission of up to forty pages from your memoir
This six-month Memoir Intensive from October 2024 to March 2025

This Workshop Intensive will:

Provide you with a supportive community
Grow and enhance your writing skills
Give you an inside look at how the publishing world works

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