What goes into writing a full-length book about yourself? How does a memoir transcend the self? How can a memoir make you laugh while RIPPING YOU APART? In this life-changing craft talk, author Elissa Bassist will reveal how she did it and how you can too, from recyclable early drafts to book proposal to revised book proposal to published book.

Bassist will give you her insights, secrets, and instructions on the "rule of three." She'll show you her notebooks and pens, along with feedback and rejections she received. She'll share her mirror pep-talks and will weigh the pros and cons of panic attacks. And she'll gossip about her research process and her revision process and how to keep going during the “I quit” episodes of a years’ long creative/emotional/spiritual/therapeutic/triggering “journey.”

This craft talk takes after Bassist’s Hysterical.

This is a live, virtual course hosted by Roundtable, which includes interactive opportunities and post-course recordings available for all course participants. Buy tickets.