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Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life

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Overview

Learn creative writing and storytelling techniques to craft engaging nonfiction pieces for publication or personal enjoyment
  • Introduction
  • Gathering Ideas and Starting to Write
  • Shaping a Compelling Piece
  • Finishing the Piece and Finding an Audience
  • Final project
Creative nonfiction is the art of turning true stories into an immersive experience on paper. As a professional writer who also teaches the subject, Julia Bell has become an expert at weaving both facts and fiction into an engaging read. She’s published poetry, essays, novels, and nonfiction books including Radical Attention and the bestseller Creative Writing Coursebook.

In this online course, Julia teaches you her approach to crafting nonfiction narratives. Learn creative writing and storytelling techniques to recount real events with imagination. Find your unique voice and compose page-turning pieces inspired by life.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Paying Attention
  • Developing Your Voice
  • Working with Memory
  • The Situation and the Story
  • Structuring Stories
  • What Makes a Good Story?
  • Gathering Your Knowledge and Research
  • The Voice of the Piece
  • Making a Scene
  • Refining the Ending
  • Different Approaches to Editing
  • Planning and Developing a Longer Project
  • Taking Your Work Forward
  • Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life

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Julia Bell

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