Nonfiction: Essential Beginnings

WRITING X 420

Learn the basics of writing nonfiction in this short introductory course.

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Online
Starting at $485.00
As few as 6 weeks
2.0

What you can learn.

  • Learn the basic elements of good storytelling
  • Excavate memories and discover fresh aspects of life stories
  • Generate new writing through weekly exercises and prompts

About this course:

Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn your personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday life and family stories into compelling narratives, this workshop teaches beginning writers the basic elements of good storytelling. You learn how to excavate memories and discover fresh or unexpected facets of your life stories. Through weekly exercises, you generate new material and learn an array of fictional techniques to tell your nonfiction story, including how to play with voice, focus on a small unit of time and describe landscape and character. By the course's completion, you have in hand a series of short sketches or a draft of a nonfiction piece.

Fall 2024 Schedule

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Available
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Instructor: Roberta Wax
399486
Fee:
$485.00
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after November 13, 2024
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

(Optional) THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by STRUNK, WILLIAM, JR., WHITE, E. B., WHITE, E., AND STRUNK, WILLIAM
(Optional) WRITER'S MARKET 100TH EDITION : THE MOST TRUSTED GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED by WRITER'S DIGEST BOOKS, WRITER'S DIGEST

Winter 2025 Schedule

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This section has no set meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens November 04, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Marianne Villanueva
400835
Fee:
$485.00
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after February 12, 2025
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

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