{"id":454051,"date":"2026-09-05T03:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454051\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T03:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:14:19","slug":"bring-your-family-stories-to-life-at-piedmont-adult-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454051\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring your family stories to life at Piedmont Adult School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone has a story to tell. This fall, Piedmont Adult School invites writers of all experience levels to explore their memories and bring meaningful family stories to life in Family Stories & Memoir Writing.<\/p>\n

Saturdays, Sept. 19 \u2013 Oct. 10
9:45 a.m.\u201312:45 p.m.
Piedmont Adult School<\/a>
$205 (includes an $8 materials fee)<\/p>\n

During this welcoming four-week class, participants will learn techniques for developing characters, creating vivid settings, finding their unique writing voice, and shaping their stories. The class will explore excerpts from a variety of memoirs, interview techniques, publishing trends, and constructive ways to share and workshop writing.<\/p>\n

The course uses Writers Workshop in a Book, by the Olympic Valley Community of Writers, as a guide and source of inspiration. Whether you are an experienced writer or just beginning to put your memories on paper, the class offers a supportive setting in which to reflect, write, and connect with others.<\/p>\n

Instructor Denise Bostrom has written scripts for PBS, HBO, and Lifetime and has worked as a script doctor and supervisor with noted directors, including George Lucas and Chris Columbus. She has also taught screenwriting and nonfiction\/memoir writing at San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, and the University Project at San Quentin State Prison.<\/p>\n

To register for this or other Piedmont Adult School classes, visit piedmontadultschool.org or call (510) 594-2655.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone has a story to tell. This fall, Piedmont Adult School invites writers of all experience levels to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-454051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}