Writing Creative Nonfiction

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

Explore the entire process of writing creative nonfiction, from brainstorming for the perfect idea to getting your final product noticed by literary agents and publishers.

Syllabus

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01: Welcome to Creative Nonfiction
02: Finding the Story
03: Honoring the Nonfiction Contract
04: Writing Great Beginnings
05: Show, Don't Tell
06: Launching a Narrative Arc
07: Cliffhangers and Page Turners
08: Building Dramatic Sentences
09: Rhetorical Devices and Emotional Impact
10: Putting It All Together
11: Revealing Character in Words and Actions
12: Creating Compelling Characters
13: Character Psychology
14: Getting Inside the Heads of Your Characters
15: Using Narrative Perspective
16: Shaping Your Voice
17: Writing the Gutter-How to Not Tell a Story
18: Dialogue Strategies in Creative Nonfiction
19: Researching Creative Nonfiction
20: How to Not Have People Hate You
21: Revising Your Work
22: Building Your Audience
23: Getting Published
24: Being a Writer

Taught by

Tilar J. Mazzeo

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