Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Transforming Personal Essays into a Book
What order? What structure? Which essays? What about previously published work? Demystifying how to transform your essays into a book.
LEARN YOUR CRAFT. LOVE YOUR WORDS.
What order? What structure? Which essays? What about previously published work? Demystifying how to transform your essays into a book.
Unsure how to start writing about grief, loss, or trauma? Stuck midstream? Wondering how honest to be?
When we create images and scenes and shape our stories—transforming experience into art—we can also transform ourselves.
Write flash essays that convey the depth and breadth of your life stories.
Characterization in memoir is always a challenge: How can we make the people we know feel as real and alive for readers as they do to us?
A better proposal means a better book & better sales. Learn to identify and persuasively present the most marketable qualities of your project to secure a nonfiction book deal.
Querying isn’t a lottery, it’s a process. Get out of the slush pile and onto the shelf.
The tried-and-true art of observing and imitating others' techniques will give you new ideas and directions.
Struggling with writing scenes or recreating lost memories? Thinking like a photographer can help.
Feeling overwhelmed by the landscape of literary magazines? Join us in this fun and lively session for answers to your lit mag questions.
Can't remember? No problem! Learn how to embrace faulty memory and find new insights for your creative nonfiction.
At their best, personal narratives about "taboo" topics speak to our darkest truths and teach us what it means to be vulnerable.