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.
Digital Storytelling
Discover ways to use digital communication technologies to enhance the inherent connective power of creative nonfiction.
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.
Experimental Forms
Explore new structures, hybrid forms, and nonstandard narrative perspectives, and discover a variety of strategies for innovation in nonfiction writing.
Flash Essay
Distill experiences, big or small, into their purest essence.
Historical Narratives
Bring the past to life! Get insight into how to translate facts and research into vivid characters and scenes.
I to Eye: Integrating Research into the Personal Essay
True, “memoir” starts with “me” … but there’s room for so much more.
More Is More: Building Your Body of Work with a Daily Writing Practice
Keeping a writer’s journal is a way to practice, as a musician might practice scales, so that the pump is always primed and the act of writing becomes second nature.
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.
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.
The Curious Writer: Fitting the Pieces Together
The collage memoir—a literary assemblage or mosaic—lets us enjoy the creativity of blending various elements; the result is a fresh take that can add up to far more than a personal story.
The Self-Interview: Approaching Memoir Like a Journalist
Learn how to find story inside the artifacts that surround you, discover new ways to see yourself as character, and push untapped stories to the surface.Whether you’re a seasoned memoirist or you have no idea where to begin with writing personal narratives, this webinar will help you to see new ways into personal writing.
The Space Between: Writing from Photographs
Explore the rich possibilities of drawing on photographs that intrigue, haunt, or prompt forgotten memories and experiences.
The Story’s in the Details: Assembling the Past to Build Your Future Narrative
As storytellers, we need to know things like how the air smelled or the texture of someone’s hair or the layout of a home—but such details are hard to find and easy to lose.
Writing about People We Love: Balancing Candor with Compassion
The people we love have a way of showing up on the page. How do we tell our truths while acknowledging theirs?
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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