Writing Parenthood

Parenthood provides a wealth of fresh writing topics, and parenting editors are clamoring for personal stories and reported features. This eight-week course offers strategies as well as tips and tricks on how to mine your personal life for ideas, pitch to online and print publications, create a compelling story arc, locate research and interview experts, and build your social media platform. The instructor will directly work with you on pitches, essays and articles, and brainstorm topics during the course. You will also hear from editors from top parenting publications who will offer insight and advice on submitting.  Whether you are a blogger, a new writer, or a published author looking to update your skills, you will leave this class with one ready-to-publish personal essay or hybrid essay/reported piece. Previous participants have published articles and essays generated in class in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Parents, Next Avenue, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Daily News, Wired, GH, and more. 

This course is delivered in an online, self-paced (asynchronous) format. The instructor interacts with students and facilitates group discussions within NYU’s online learning platform. There are weekly deadlines for lesson and assignment completion.

Registering at least three weeks prior to the course start date is highly recommended.

This course may be used to fulfill the requirements of the Certificate in Journalism. It may be taken to pursue this certificate, or as a standalone course.

Questions? Contact us at The Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts (PALA). Email sps.pala.ce@nyu.edu or call 212-998-7289.

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