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Summer
Approaching Mystery: Writing Flash Memoir about Wonder and the Unexplained
Capture the absurd or surreal quality of everyday life and tell a meaningful story in as few words as possible.
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Digital Storytelling
Discover ways to use digital communication technologies to enhance the inherent connective power of creative nonfiction.
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Eureka! Science Writing for General Audiences
Gain writing and research skills—everything from general literary techniques to interviewing and fact-checking—that will help you craft engaging nonfiction about scientific discovery, research, and policy.
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Experimental Forms
Explore new structures, hybrid forms, and nonstandard narrative perspectives, and discover a variety of strategies for innovation in nonfiction writing.
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Flash Essay
Distill experiences, big or small, into their purest essence.
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Webinar
6/23/21
Half-Remembered: Creating Scenes from Incomplete Memories
Writing memoir and personal essay relies on memory, so how do we account for the fact that our recall is imperfect?
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Summer
Historical Narratives
Bring the past to life! Get insight into how to translate facts and research into vivid characters and scenes.
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I to Eye: Integrating Research into the Personal Essay
True, “memoir” starts with “me” … but there’s room for so much more.
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Webinar
6/30/21
Speculative Memoir: Making Space for the Imagined and Unexplained
Memoir is not a mere series of facts; it’s a vehicle for telling a story that the author experienced, and there are many ways to evoke the truth of that story.
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Spiritual Writing
Find the balance between the personal and the powerful, and learn how to share your thoughts with readers of differing beliefs or traditions.
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Summer
Summer Boot Camp
You want to do it. You mean to do it. You’re going to do it! Ensure that you will get around to that summer writing by joining.
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Self Guided
6/7/21–7/2/21
The Good Place: Crafting Setting & Landscape
Whether you’re writing narrative journalism, memoir, or personal essays, a richly felt space/place can add depth or intrigue. Course starts June 7; enrollment is open until June 25th
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Summer
The Space Between: Writing from Photographs
Explore the rich possibilities of drawing on photographs that intrigue, haunt, or prompt forgotten memories and experiences.
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Webinar
6/16/21
Writing Powerful Sentences: Go Beyond Grammar
You’ve structured your narrative and know your facts–but how do you make your story sing? We’ll go beyond grammar to discover how words and sentence structures deliver comedy, drama, and meaning.
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Zen of Process
As you connect and synthesize your ideas, you’ll see how a strong voice and structure emerge in your work—elements that, ultimately, make readers want to turn pages.
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