Getting Beyond the “I” : Exploring Point-of-View in Creative Nonfiction

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In personal essay or memoir writing, we can become imprisoned in the “I” point of view. Learn to break free and explore the varieties of point of view.

In personal essay or memoir writing, the “I’ point-of-view comes naturally. But that repetition of “I, I, I” can become prison bars, restricting our perspective; once we break free of the “I,” new vistas might unfold before us–and our readers. 

Join Brenda Miller, a noted voice in creative nonfiction and the author of Tell It Slant, and explore the wide variety of points of view available to us, including 2nd person, 3rd person, and 1st person plural—to see how this shift in perspective enhances both our material and the voice of our writing. By trying out different points of view in our work, we may come to new understandings, nuanced observations, and more complex truths.

In this webinar you will…

• EXPLORE a variety of point-of-view choices available in creative nonfiction writing
• LEARN how trying different points of view can be useful in both drafting and revising your work
• DISCOVER writers who skillfully employ various points of view
• UNDERSTAND  how to overcome obstacles or pitfalls when trying new perspectives

This webinar is ideal for…

• Writers new to Creative Nonfiction 
• Experienced writers who feel stuck
• Writers and teachers of writing who want to explore the nuances of point of view

Closed captioning is available ✔
All registrants receive the recording ✔

YOUR PRESENTER

BRENDA MILLER‘s most recent book is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes. Her book of collaborative essays with Julie Marie Wade, Telephone: Essays in Two Voices, received the Cleveland Poetry Center Award for Creative Nonfiction. She co-authored, with Suzanne Paola, the textbook Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, now in its third edition from McGraw-Hill. After 25 years teaching creative writing at Western Washington University, she is now Professor Emerita. 

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