Creative Nonfiction Craft Intensive Workshop

Creative nonfiction is the hottest genre in the publishing industry, not only in creative writing programs, but in science, technology, law, economics and throughout the humanities.

Whether you are crafting personal essays, narrative reports or memoir, it’s crucial to keep the reader in mind.

This intensive weekend workshop, led by Lee Gutkind, acclaimed author and editor of Creative Nonfiction Magazine; and Dinty W. Moore, editor of Brevity, a Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, will delve into the craft of creative nonfiction.
 
This workshop will cover the following topics in depth:

• Developing ideas into compelling stories
• Crafting and recreating scenes from real life and from the past
• Communicating critical ideas and information
• Linking scenes together into longer, powerful narratives​

Participants will also get:

• An overview of creative nonfiction: scenes and basic structure, long and short form
• Tips on researching and interviewing
• An overview of the business of writing: queries, selling, and the marketplace

This will be an intimate workshop experience with limited enrollment and will fill fast. Sign up today!

Price:

Weekend workshop only: $149
Includes lunch on Saturday. Advanced registration and payment is required.

Schedule:

Saturday, Oct. 14 

• 9-9:30 a.m.
  Coffee & Introductions 
• 9:30–10 a.m.
  Overview of Creative Nonfiction
• 10:30 a.m. to noon 
  Developing Ideas into stories and communicating critical ideas and information; the link between personal (memoir) writing and reportage. 
• Noon to 1 p.m. 
  Lunch with the presenters (lunch included) 
• 1-3 p.m. 
  How to link scenes into powerful narratives in both long form and short form; "flash" fiction.
• 3-4 p.m. 
  A generative writing exercise. Take out your pens and practice what you've learned. 
  
  

Sunday, Oct. 15 

• 9–11 a.m.
  Quick takes on your Saturday writing exercise results
• 11–11:30 a.m.
  On publishing well, enjoying yourself and staying in the game
• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 
  What next? An overview of the business of writing: queries, selling and the marketplace
• 12:30–1 p.m. 
  Q&A with Lee and Dinty