Enrich your nonfiction with the powerful tools of fiction.
Whether you are crafting an essay or writing a memoir, the tools of fiction can bring depth and suspense to your work. Each week this class will focus on one tool of fiction, reading both classic and contemporary examples of nonfiction pieces that utilize them, and using generative exercises to practice them. There will be the opportunity to submit your work and receive feedback. Participants will leave with the confidence to bring characterization, dialogue, metaphor, and counterfactuality to their nonfiction. Writers should come with a piece they are working on or want to start.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Rich Characterization
- Dynamic Dialogue
- Extended Metaphor
- Counter-factuality
Time requirements
- 4 hours/week (2 hours in class, 2 hours outside of class)
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is for writers in the midst of or hoping to start a work of nonfiction
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
