Beyond Chronological: Exploring Nonfiction Shapes

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We default to writing our true stories as chronological narratives, but there are endless ways to shape a personal essay. Experiment with new forms and structures for your work!

We’ve been trained to read stories as straightforward, chronological narratives. But that’s not the only way to structure a powerful, compelling essay–and new forms can breathe new life into your prose. 

In this webinar, we’ll explore 8-10 alternative “shapes” for nonfiction essays, from the more commonly known “hermit crab” essay to Lydia Yuknavitch’s “narrative palimpsest” approach. Discover the pros and cons of various approaches, so you can choose the container that best fits each story you want to tell. As we experiment, each shape has something to teach you about your own story–and create emotional connection for the reader.

These fresh options for capturing your experiences can stimulate your creativity and even revive abandoned projects. Get ready to mix, mash, and mingle your stories into something totally new!

In this webinar you will…

• EXPLORE unique essay shapes
• LEARN to shake up a chronological narrative 
• PUSH the boundaries of your own storytelling
• EXPERIMENT with new approaches to your prose

This webinar is ideal for writers:

• Ready to experiment with new forms.
• Who feel their memoir work has lost momentum.
• Wishing to tell the same story in new ways.
• Eager to push past their current boundaries.
• Bored with traditional methods.

Closed captioning is available ✔
All registrants receive the recording ✔

YOUR PRESENTER

Lindsey Deloach Jones holds a BA and MA in English and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She has taught creative writing at Clemson University and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, and she has served as Editor of Emrys Journal and Edible Upcountry. Her essays have been published in Split Lip, Under the Gum Tree, Motherwell, Paste, South Carolina Review, and Salvation South (as well as forthcoming in HuffPost) among others. She is a recipient of the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, and an essay nominated by Pigeon Pages was recently a finalist for Best of the Net. 

Lindsey currently teaches writing online and in-person via WRITESHARE, the writers’ network she co-founded in upstate SC, and writes the Substack Between Two Things.

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