Creative Nonfiction II (6 sessions)

Get creative this fall with creative nonfiction! Simply put: creative nonfiction is writing about real events and telling a story. It's a hybrid genre that pulls in elements of fiction (literary techniques), the writer’s perspective, and factual information. it allows you to be poetic and journalistic simultaneously. You'll get plenty of personal attention as you work on assignments such as profiles, topical columns, and short and long form personal essays. The class will read and discuss pieces by some of the greats – Joan Didion, Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Jon Krakauer, Susan Orlean, and Gay Talese, to name a few. Writers will prepare five finished pieces for constructive critique from teacher and class.