Creative Nonfiction II

Get creative this spring 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 a variety of assignments. The class will also 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. No meeting February 19.