Telling Your Own Story: A Workshop for Writers on Creating Your Own Archive

This informational workshop, presented by Writers Guild of America West’s Writers Education Committee and the Writers Guild Foundation, focuses on the best approaches and methods for writers to care for their work. WGF Library Archivist Hilary Swett leads writers step-by-step through the archive process: Why should you create a personal archive? What are your goals and how do you achieve them?

Swett details how to make a plan, take inventory, appraise and prioritize materials, and decide what to keep (and what to toss), focusing on principles of preservation, organization, while drilling-down on special supplies, digital files, metadata, long-term storage, and more.