This workshop will focus on writing from personal experience, for writers of all levels. Participants will be given examples of short memoir pieces, and then work on writing exercises in response to the instructor’s prompts. Bring your own paper and pens, and be ready to share your stories!

Instructor Vivian Dorsel, editor and publisher of the literary journal Upstreet, holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from VermontCollege of Fine Arts. She has coordinated and taught writing workshops in the Berkshires for a wide range of people, from secondary-school students to senior citizens, in venues such asWord Street, Taconic High School, and the Norman RockwellMuseum, and for the first four community reading projects inPittsfield, Massachusetts