Overview
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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.
Topics Covered:- By This Professor
- 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
