| Cherise Fisher Over the course of her twenty-five year career, Cherise worked as an acquiring editor at Simon & Schuster and the Editor-in-Chief of Plume. She advocates for memoirs that uncover the diversity of human experience, and take on non-fiction writers who are experts on a variety of topics such as personal development, health and sexuality, racial identity, Christianity and spirituality, diet and fitness, African American history, and pop culture. |
| You’ll get: Professional guidance to write your story with power and skillA supportive community of Black women writers on the same journeyA reading list of classic memoirs by Black women writers from Audre Lorde to Natasha Tretheway. We’ll read these books together and study them for themes and writing styleRegular writing assignmentsRegular discussion of your writing in the workshopsWe’ll meet twice monthly for writing workshops and group discussions of your narrative submissionYou will have an individual coaching session with meYou will get my regular written evaluation of your writingWorkshop discussion of your writing will enhance and broaden your understanding of your storyI will provide a written evaluation of your final writing project: A submission of up to forty pages from your memoirThis six-month Memoir Intensive from October to March |
BND Institute of Media & Culture 