Writing Your Life: A Generative Memoir Writing Workshop

When you talk about your life, do people say you should write a book? Now's the time to start. No matter where you are in your memoir-writing journey, this hands-on writing workshop will help you start, develop, or revise a memoir-in-process. We'll work through a series of writing prompts, exploring ways to get unstuck, using specifics and sensory imagery, and scene building. In this class you'll be generating your own work, make sure to bring a paper and pen.

*zoom is a watch-only option for people who would like to learn but can't attend in person. Due to class constraints the instructor will not be able to respond or interact with students who are not physically present but welcomes them to watch and participate on their own via a video call.

Cost: Pay what you can- there is a suggested donation of $50, however the instructor wants everyone to be able to participate in this program, and cost should not be a barrier 

Date and Time:  Tuesday, October 6th, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Ages: 16+ 

Class Size: 4-20

Where: Hallberg Center for the Arts, 5521 East Viking Blvd., Wyoming, MN 55092, (Stairs are required to access the classroom space, we are happy to move this program to a more accessible area of the building if need be. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request this)

Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Roberts, (she/her) is the author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay),​ Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (North American Travel Journalists Association Bronze Award for a Travel Book), and Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award), four collections of poems, and a creative writing craft book 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer (forthcoming October 1, 2026 from the University of Nebraska Press). Named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, Suzanne's work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays and included in The Best Women's Travel Writing. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Ploughshares, CNN, National Geographic Traveler, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, The Normal School, River Teeth, The Fourth Genre, and elsewhere. She holds a doctorate in literature and the environment from the University of Nevada-Reno, teaches in the low residency MFA in creative writing at UNR-Tahoe, and lives in South Lake Tahoe, California.