Take This Class

There are only a few spots left in my fall class, Alternatives to the Memoir. It's about having adventures and writing about them. Sign up now! Here's the deal:

In this class, we will explore literary nonfiction -- also called creative nonfiction, literary journalism, or narrative nonfiction -- taking real-life events and turning them into a coherent, compelling story. This workshop/seminar will focus on combining facts and observations to create compelling nonfiction. We will discuss essential techniques like interviewing and researching, and we will discuss the ethics of reporting. We will apply the tools of fiction to nonfiction, and we will examine the way writers employ plot, character, mood, and pacing in magazines like The New Yorker or Harper's. We will discuss biography, autobiography, travel writing, and prose that defies categorization. This class is for adventurous writers, polemicists, journalists, essayists, memoirists, and anyone who has ever observed a situation and thought it would make a great story. Students may bring their own work for critique.

5 Thursdays: Sept. 22-Oct. 27, 2005 (skip Oct. 13)
6:30 - 8:30pm