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If you want to write big, exciting long-form stories that will be published and will delight readers, then come to me for The Longform Feature: Reporting on big stories that demand attention.
Nationally known poet, spoken word artist and community organizer Nick Courmon leads A pen for the peoplea unique 90-minute seminar that will help you use your writing skills to make change in the world.
The insider’s guide to writing personal statements and applying for scholarships and residencies is an in-depth two-day workshop led by Abeer Hoque, a writer and photographer who has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and others.
Whether you are working on a series of essays or a memoir, Kerra Bolton’s Writing with your ancestors: combining memoirs with family history will help you connect to your roots, refine your prose, and focus on the parts of your story that will resonate most with readers.
In 30 Days, 30 Essay Topics: A Month of Memoir Inspiration and IdeasNarratively Chief Submissions Reader Amy Barnes will send you an inspiring writing prompt every day in October. You’ll take a few minutes each day (or as many days as you’d like to participate) to write something new in response to that prompt. You’ll share your brainstorming with a supportive and encouraging community of writers, and get feedback from Amy on the ideas you like best.
Kavita Das, author of the book Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issuescarries out a six-week course entitled “How to Write About Social Issues”a workshop-based course designed to help writers tackle all the thorny issues involved in writing articles, essays, and opinion pieces about humanity’s most pressing problems.
In Master Your Opening Words: The 90-Minute Guide to Writing a Perfect First Line, Author Lorraine Allen shows you how to grab the attention of editors, agents, and readers by crafting opening lines that no one will ever forget.
Great personal essays can break the internet and resonate with readers around the world, but they’re also some of the hardest things to write. This intensive five-week workshop with Caroline RothsteinStudents learn how to write compelling personal essays about the experiences that matter most to them.
Bring your book project into full swing with The art of writing a non-fiction book that reads like a novelled by acclaimed author Audrey Clare Farley. “Audrey has the rare ability to listen to each of her students, understand their goals and questions, and help find pathways for our projects,” writes a new student from this class.
In Use monologues to boost your memoir writingA three-hour intensive workshop, Rebecca Evans helps writers explore innovative methods to enhance their memoir writing through the use of monologues.
In How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal That SellsContributing editor Shawna Kenney, who has published an award-winning memoir, written two nonfiction books, and edited an anthology, shows you how to write a compelling book proposal.
Kristina Gaddy — celebrated author, essayist and editor of the literary magazine TRUE — leads this craft-oriented seminar called Reporting the personal essay. If you’re working on your memoir or a personal essay that you want to infuse with original reporting and research, this is a course you won’t want to miss.