For Immediate Release
February 19, 2009

Learn how to write your life's story in UCR Extension's memoir writing class

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Everyone has a story to tell, a life they are living that is worth sharing. Whether it is for your children, family, friends, or the world, you can learn how to write your story so that it is entertaining, poignant, engaging and readable. Find out how in UCR Extension's class, Writing Your Life's Story, which meets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave.

Instructor Michael Foley will show you a step-by-step approach that covers the life history writing process from the original idea to completing a manuscript. You will learn how to give yourself permission to write, decide what to share and what to omit, and how to find the story beneath the surface. Fundamentals such as organizing materials, researching the details, revising and self-editing and how to get published also will be covered.

The class fee is $95 per person.

For more information, call (951) 827-5801 or e-mail arts@ucx.ucr.edu. To register for classes, visit www.extension.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4105. To receive a free UCR Extension catalog, which includes a complete listing of all our current courses and certificate programs, call (951) 827-3806.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 1,800 courses and certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, teacher's credentialing, English, environmental management, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, forensic investigations and public safety, and yoga.