SANFORD — Local author Marc Widershien will conduct a six-week writing workshop in the community room of the Goodall Library, 952 Main St., Sanford. The emphasis is on memoir that includes biography and autobiography.

The group is open to all those who wish to acquire new writing skills or improve on the ones they already have.

The workshop will run for six consecutive Saturday mornings, Oct. 4 through Nov. 8, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. There is a curriculum guide, which will include free writing or stream-of-consciousness, editing, remembered events, a memory book, group discussions, self-editing, exercises on sensory detail, and handouts displaying the gifts of noted writers and artists.

Students are encouraged to present handouts having to do with good writing, or writers who have inspired them. The objective is the enjoyment of language.

Space is limited, and registration is required. Call the library at 324-4714 or email jmcdougal@lbgoodall.org to register.

For more information on the workshop, call Widershien at 636-0595.