Nonfiction Writing Workshops
Learn the basics, create articles for specific magazine markets, or sell that nonfiction book idea you’ve had percolating—whatever your nonfiction goals, we can help you reach them.
Accelerated Fundamentals Of Nonfiction Writing
This version of Fundamentals of Nonfiction Writing is only six weeks long. We’ve condensed the course material from the longer versions of this course, and designed this fast-paced workshop for those students who want to start writing nonfiction now, or who don’t have the time to commit to a 12-week workshop. In this accelerated workshop, you can get all the fundamentals you’ll need to start writing magazine articles, a nonfiction book, personal essays, etc.
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Advanced Memoir And Nonfiction Book Writing
Make real progress on your memoir or nonfiction book! You’ll work with an experienced, published author and your classmates to write and revise your manuscript. In this critique-focused workshop, there are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises. Instead, you will focus on writing tips and reminders throughout. You should be prepared to 7,000 words (approximately 28 manuscript pages) and a short synopsis of your book (500 to 750 words maximum) on the course start date.
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Advanced Short Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Continue to build your short nonfiction writing skills in this advanced workshop. You will work with a published article writer and experience the support and encouragement of an online critique group.
You will write up to 9000 words in three installments for instructor and group critique.
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Essentials Of Travel Writing
Travel writing is about more than just destinations. Now you can write travel articles without setting foot on a plane or gas pedal. Through this workshop, you will write one 1,500-3,000 word article and a query letter that are ready to submit for potential publication
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Essentials Of Writing Personal Essays
When you dive into writing personal essays, you can write about any experience in your life. Learn to translate your mundane or outrageous experiences into essays that will be engaging for a general audience. Your personal experiences can help educate, entertain or encourage readers. Through this workshop, you’ll develop the skills to write personal essays and try your hand at creating four to six essays of 500-1000 words each.
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Essentials of Writing Personal Essays II: Advanced
Tackle the questions of writing the personal essay, from the practical (how writers balance craft and confession, creation as well as recreation) to the philosophical (examining subjective “truth” in creative nonfiction; considering the ethics of turning life into art). Work with a published essayist to write up to 8 essays and polish them for potential publication.
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Extended Magazine Article Writing Workshop
For freelance writers, both novice and experienced, no other market is as open as the magazine market. From trade and association publications, to special interest magazines, to regional and national consumer publications, editors are looking for writers who can deliver well-researched, reader-targeted articles on deadline.
Work with a published article writer to develop, research and write two articles suitable for publication in magazines you’ve identified.
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Focus On The Nonfiction Magazine Article
For freelance writers, both novice and experienced, no other market is as open as the magazine market. From trade and association publications, to special interest magazines, to regional and national consumer publications, editors are looking for writers who can deliver well-researched, reader-targeted articles on deadline.
Work with a published article writer to develop, research and write two articles suitable for publication in magazines you’ve identified.
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Focus On The Personal/Family Memoir
The story of your own or your family’s history is likely to be the most personal, emotionally satisfying and potentially overwhelming writing project you’ll ever undertake. You’ve collected all the oral history, personal memories, journal entries, photographs, letters and countless other documents – now find out how to weave them together into a compelling story.
Work with a published author to write and revise chapters of your memoir (up to 12,000 words) and develop a working outline for the remainder of the entire book.
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Focus On Writing Nonfiction For Children
Are you looking to break into children’s writing, but have a growing collection of rejections from your fiction submissions? Try writing nonfiction for children! Like the nonfiction market for adults, the nonfiction children’s market is easier to break into. Covering topics from biographies to history to science to sports, you will be able to find something to write either books or articles about. Editors are always looking for writers who can deliver well-researched, interesting nonfiction written specifically for children and teens.
Work with a published writer of nonfiction to develop, research and write two pieces of nonfiction suitable for publication.
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Fundamentals Of Life Stories Writing
Writing is an inherently private activity – and the most personal form is the journal. This is often the jumping off point for a more formal approach to life stories writing, but the inspiration can come from many other sources. You may be intimately familiar with the events and “characters” themselves, you may never have given the thought to the actual process of turning these personal memories and experiences into stories that can be read and enjoyed than others.
You will work with a published author to write and revise a story or memoir chapter (up to 2500 words) and engage in directed journaling, hands-on writing exercises and constructive critical feedback.
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Fundamentals Of Nonfiction Writing
Nonfiction writing appeals to the amateur historian/anthropologist/psycholigst/biographer in all of us. When you pursue nonfiction writing, you can research, interview, and explore virtually any subject that interests you, and then write about what you’ve learned.
Contemporary nonfiction is more than facts and figures – readers expect their nonfiction to be engaging, compelling, entertaining and, of course, informative. Apply creative writing techniques to any nonfiction project, from personal essays to articles or full-length books. You will work with a published nonfiction writer to complete an article, collection of other related essays or a chapter of a nonfiction book (up to 2,500 words).
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Marketing Your Magazine Articles
Do you want to see your magazine article in print – and get paid for your work? Nothing is quite as inspiring for a magazine writer as receiving that first check. Learn from an established, well-published magazine writer to broaden your outlook and possible sales to a variety of magazines.
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Writing The Nonfiction Book Proposal
You’ve got a great idea for a book. You’ve done the research, interviewed the experts, collected all the materials you need, started—or maybe even finished—a draft of the manuscript. Now what? Before you spend months finishing and/or polishing that manuscript, wouldn’t it be nice to know there’s an editor out there who’s already made a commitment to publish it, or an agent who’s agreed to represent it? Professional authors know how to get that commitment up front—with a book proposal package.
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Writing The Query Letter
A strong query letter is important for both novelists and nonfiction book writers. Learn to write queries with slant, clarity and impact. You will acquire greater understanding of the importance of queries and cover letters, as well as learn how to showcase your novel’s or nonfiction book’s assets and qualities.
