Class Description
In this course, a continuation of Creative Nonfiction I, you’ll explore more ways to write compelling nonfiction. We'll focus strongly on flow, voice, style, language, and revision—as well as a compelling framework and hook. By the end of six weeks, you will have practiced your writing style, workshopped what you’ve written, and focused on moving manuscripts from good to great. Each student will workshop two manuscripts of up to twenty pages each. In the meantime, you’ll examine and discuss published nonfiction works—personal essays, memoirs, lyric essays, and narrative journalism—to strengthen and hone your writing skills. A representative sampling of assigned readings include the work of authors such as:
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Mark Doty
- Barry Lopez
- Ian Frazier
- Chang-Rae Lee
- Zadie Smith
- Ted Kooser
- Toi Derricotte
This class is ideal for beginning writers who have taken Creative Nonfiction I or any previous formal writing workshop.
To learn more about instructor Eson Kim and her teaching style, check out the short podcast with her in our GrubStreet Instructor Interview series:
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.