This isn’t a grammar class. This is an art class. And it’s ideal for memoirists and fiction writers alike.

Using Joe Brainard’s seminal 1975 memoir “I Remember” as inspiration, we will use a simple but infinitely generative tool to unlock your memories and get them down on the page. First, we’ll experience how repetitive sentence structure opens our connection to memory free from the distractions of craft. And then, we’ll experiment against the limits of repetition as craft itself. Never heard of “sentence combining”? We’ll reveal the ways in which you’re already applying its secrets, and we’ll discover new ways to consciously harness its power as a tool for expression and revision. We’re going to get playful and messy with sentences. Have a pair of scissors handy.