From Memory to Story: A Memoir Workshop
Tap into your memories, rebuild scenes from the past, and write vividly from within them.
Workshop Categories: Writers Lab
Join us in the rarefied air of magical New Mexico for the Writers Lab. Be fully present for a unique educational experience—led by some of the world’s most accomplished writers—that is bound to change your life as a writer and as a person.
In Writers Lab workshops we hold values of craft, community, and the creative process in the highest regard. With our collaborative and affirming environments, a passion for writing and storytelling—and a hunger for shared experiences—are the most important ingredients.
Our private campus in Santa Fe has long been a sanctuary for learning and study. We share this enchanted place with a neighboring Carmelite Monastery. Dramatic views of the surrounding Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges, warm sunshine, cool mountain air, beautiful courtyards, access to hiking trails, convenient on-campus lodging—and a private caterer to provide fresh, healthy meals—are the elements that converge to make this the perfect place for you to find inspiration and hone your craft. For details about staying on-campus visit our Santa Fe Accommodations page.
Santa Fe Writers Lab provides you with a hub of creativity and community, extraordinary instructors, supportive staff, and the opportunity to take off, and take your writing to the next level
Travel transforms us. When we journey out we uncover mysteries within. A change of setting in a new destination has the power to take your writing in new directions.
For details on our Writers Lab programs contact us at info@santafeworkshops.com or 505-983-1400, ext. 111.
How to Talk and Write About Your Work
In this workshop participants learn what to say (and not say) when presenting a portfolio, with a body of writing that forms a foundation for artist statements and other documents, plus an array of great responses to the question, “What do you photograph?”
Emotions into Photographs and Text
Create a personal project that pairs photography and text—and, in the process, deepens your relationship to both.
Improving Your Writing and Submitting to Magazines & Book Publishers
Improve your draft of an existing written piece plus the know-how and assurance to submit it for publication.
Memoir: Taking Your Story to the Next Level
The real artistry of prose writing is the translation of the emotional stakes of a story onto its physical landscape.
Senses Working Overtime: Writing with Joy
Indulge each of your senses and put them into living words with the guidance of best-selling author Luis Alberto Urrea.
The Art and Craft of Memoir
Become an editor of your own life, imposing a narrative on an unwieldy memory and a half-remembered past to craft moving and entertaining stories that reach to the heart and truth of what it means to be human.
Shape, Grow, and Improve Your Manuscript
Explore the stages of manuscript building, shaping, and improving what we think we have and what we know we have — all of the strengths and weaknesses that exist on the page and what to do about it.
Visual Poetry
Bring calm and creativity into your world through the pursuit of poetry. Join Kristina for an enriching opportunity to experiment, learn new ways to approach writing, and see yourself as part of a community of innovative working poets.
The Journal: A Practice in Writing and Reading
Step into a contemporary approach to the time-honored tradition of writing journals.
