Storytelling: A Workshop in Creative Nonfiction

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Jun 3, 2023  1pm - 4pm

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Dust off those old blog posts or travel journals—preparing them for submission! Creative nonfiction is a broad genre that includes personal essays, memoir, humor, portraits/profiles, nature and travel writing, journalism (popular, long form, and literary), observational or descriptive reports, general-interest criticism, writing about, for, and with communities—and more. Pieces typically mix the factual and the highly personal, marrying research, memory, the poetic, and the playful.

Students in this course will read short examples of the genre, discuss the elements of writing that make for evocative and meaningful nonfiction, and learn about writing and publishing strategies. This course is ideal for beginners and those who have always wanted to write, but weren’t sure where to start. Each student will leave with the beginnings of an essay or a “flash creative nonfiction” piece that they can continue to develop toward publication.

Please bring your first draft (or no draft!), a journal/notebook/pen or lap top, and your most creative self. See you there!