MASTERCLASS: Putting Yourself on the Page

Putting Yourself on the Page, a Masterclass with Caroline Crampton
From 10.30am-3pm (approx) on Saturday 8th November
Tickets are £70 and include a two course lunch with a hot drink. Click here to purchase.

Join writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton for a day-long detailed look at the craft involved in blending autobiography with other subjects.

This way of weaving a personal journey through a work of creative non-fiction has become very popular with readers and publishers alike, but how should writers go about it? What is the best way to structure and pace a memoir strand within a larger work, and how to find the balance between the different types of material?

As a writer, how much of yourself should you share with readers? What are the possible ramifications of putting too much, or too little, of yourself on the page?

Together, participants will explore all facets, from the emotional to the practical, of this highly effective technique for writing. 
 
As the author of two books that are structured around memoir — The Way to the Sea (2019) and A Body Made of Glass (2024) — Caroline Crampton has spent a lot of time considering these questions and will explore them here through talks and exercises with class participants.

Photograph by Jamie Drew.


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