Nonfiction Storytelling
- Builds writing self-confidence
- Develops voice
- Shapes tone and style
One of the most popular genres in the literary and publishing communities, nonfiction storytelling focuses on true stories told with the drama, verve, and descriptive language of fiction. These courses will inspire you to tell your own story through a memoir or a personal essay, or to write about people, places, and things you know. Other topics covered include travel writing, profiles, and opinion pieces.
Crafting Great Essays from Personal Experience
Turn personal experiences into marketable essays or op-ed columns for newspapers or the web.
Creative Nonfiction Writing
Explore the process of writing nonfiction with clarity and precision as well as with a poet’s eye.
Essentials of Writing Essays: From Personal to Persuasive
Read published essays as models of the form, and then, discuss and practice the full range of this nonfiction craft.
The Art of the Essay: How to Write Op-Eds and Nonfiction and Personal Essays
Learn how to write essays and then get them published in magazines, in newspapers, and online.
Writing Out on the Edge: Writing Queer
Gain an understanding of how to write and market your nonfiction work on LGBTQ issues and culture to LGBTQ and mainstream markets.
Writing Your Memoir
Bring focus and clarity to a memoir through writing exercises, analysis of published memoirs, and guidance.
Writing in Stillness
Use meditation, mindfulness practice, and free writing to deepen the writing process, sharpen your voice, and clarify the story that wants to be told.
Creative Writing for Beginners
Boost your creativity with an evening of cutting-edge exercises, and identify your next steps as a writer.
Jumpstart Your Memoir
This class is for anyone who always has wanted to write a memoir but can’t quite get things rolling, or is stuck in a rut.
Inspired by Nature
Harness the forces of nature to discover its many sources of inspiration in this summer writing workshop.
Better Writing Through the Senses
Learn how to engage your readers by immersing them in rich worlds of sights, sounds, smells, textures, and flavors.
The Art of Self-Editing
Explore strategies for editing your own writing, from organizing your material to polishing your prose.
Autobiographical Fiction: Exploring Both Fiction and Memoir
Explore how to use your own life experiences to inspire your writing and to create autobiographical fiction.
Up Close and Personal: Your Story in Two Pages
Become familiar with the mechanics of personal essay writing and learn how to pitch and get published.
Witness to History: Personal Essays and Memoirs
Choose a reported event and craft a personal essay that recounts it from your own perspective.
Write What You Know
Sharpen your writing skills by reporting and writing on personal (or other people’s) experiences.