Write what you know: ‘Fix What You Can’ & ‘Love You Hard’

    When:
    October 2, 2020 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
    2020-10-02T11:30:00-04:00
    2020-10-02T12:30:00-04:00
    Cost:
    Free

    What does it take to turn your memories into a memoir? When is the right time to write a memoir about your life? How do you report on your own experiences and fact-check them? How do you determine what you don’t know and decide what to leave out? And when, and how, do you tell the people closest to you about their role in the narrative?

    These issues will be discussed in a 45-minute free program from the National Press Club Journalism Institute with memoirists Mindy Greiling, author of “Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker’s Fight for her Son”; Abby Maslin, author of “Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love”; journalist Angela Greiling Keane, managing editor, states and Canada at POLITICO, whose family played a role in both memoirs; with moderator Aly Colón, Knight Professor of Media Ethics at Washington & Lee University.

    The discussion will also address:
    – Ethical dilemmas in memoir writing and how to overcome them
    – Techniques and tools for memoir writing
    – What other memoirists didn’t tell you