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Fall
Advanced Flash Essay: Freedom in Structure
Explore a range of short nonfiction forms, styles, and structures.
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Fall
Advanced Memoir: From First Sentence to Resolution
Refine and refresh work in progress and take up the challenges of longer sections and full-length manuscripts.
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Online Course
Fall
Advanced Personal Essay: Finding a Way Through
Transform actual people and events into characters and plot elements, and turn your personal anecdotes into publishable essays.
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Webinar
9/1/21
Angle of Vision: Reflection and Retrospection, Tense and Time
Writers of prose rarely consider tense, though it is essential to orienting a reader. When we write about our own experiences, tense must be in control to allow retrospection—the consideration of the past from the vantage point of the present.
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Webinar
8/25/21
Byline Boot Camp: Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Short Nonfiction Published
You have stories to tell, and there are literally thousands of print and online publications looking for content.
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Online Course
Fall
Creative Nonfiction Boot Camp 10-Week
Kick-start your writing with our most popular class. Start that long-delayed project, develop essential writing habits with daily writing prompts, and reach your goals.
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Fall
Creative Nonfiction Boot Camp 5-week
Write every day, no matter what.
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Online Course
Fall
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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Online Course
Fall
Find Your Niche: Writing for the Web
Discover the ins and outs of writing for digital outlets and start building your online presence.
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Online Course
Fall
Food Writing: A Tasting Menu
Sample a new subgenre of food writing every two weeks. In this ten-week course, we will follow the path laid out in Dianne Jacob’s food writing manual, Will Write for Food.
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Online Course
Fall
Foundations of Creative Nonfiction: Writing with Research
Your introduction to the genre. Explore the techniques for gathering information and build literary skills to turn bare facts into compelling narratives.
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Online Course
Fall
Introduction to Audio Storytelling & Podcasting
Learn how to write, record, and produce a powerful audio narrative that can stand alone or be the first in a series of podcasts.
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Online Course
Fall
Magazine Writing
Become a “fly on the wall” in our magazine writing course. Students learn to observe, interview, and intimately explore their subject to craft a magazine-ready piece.
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Webinar
8/18/21
Mind Music: Writing the Lyric Essay
Wander around the big tent of creative nonfiction long enough, and you’ll come across an unusual specimen: the lyric essay, a hybrid form that blends the musical and imagistic impulses of poetry with the wide-ranging subject matter and sentence-based rhythms of prose.
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Self Guided
7/26/21–8/20/21
Play with Pattern: Crafting the Braided and Collage Essays
Often, experimenting with a new form is the best way to get unstuck and gain a fresh perspective on your writing. Course starts July 26; enrollment is open until August 13th
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Webinar
8/11/21
The Self as Character: Using the “I” in Creative Nonfiction
Apart from the deeper psychological reason–self-knowledge doesn’t come easily for most of us–writers often struggle with presenting themselves as a character in their essays because they are too close to the content of their stories.
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Online Course
Fall
Thirty-Minute Memoir
Manageable daily writing assignments will help you break down the task of writing a memoir.
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Online Course
Fall
Writing the Lyric Essay: When Poetry & Nonfiction Play
Experiment with form and explore the possibilities of this flexible genre.
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Online Course
Fall
Writing the Personal Essay
Whether you’re a beginning or more experienced writer, learn how to tell your story with dialogue and detail while gaining a deeper understanding of form and structure.
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