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Seasons
24. Being a Writer
November 1, 2023
Conclude the course with a look at the habits of effective writers. First, learn several steps you can take to silence your internal critic and survive writer
23. Getting Published
November 1, 2023
Finding out where to get your work published. Deciding which publication is right for your work. Crafting a successful pitch to an editor. These are some of the topics covered in this insightful lecture on the art and crafting of marketing and showing your creative nonfiction to a world of readers.
22. Building Your Audience
November 1, 2023
You
21. Revising Your Work
November 1, 2023
Think a bit more about the revision process. Who are the right people to read a work in progress? What are the differences between positive and negative feedback? How do you manage the complicated feelings behind and investments in your work
20. How to Not Have People Hate You
November 1, 2023
As a writer of creative nonfiction, you have an immense responsibility to your subject (and your readers). Investigate ways to tell your stories dramatically and truthfully
19. Researching Creative Nonfiction
November 1, 2023
Delve into research, a skill that all successful creative nonfiction writers need to master with real aplomb. You
18. Dialogue Strategies in Creative Nonfiction
November 1, 2023
Professor Mazzeo reveals how to recognize
17. Writing the Gutter - How to Not Tell a Story
November 1, 2023
While it may sound counterintuitive, smart creative nonfiction writers know when not to tell something. Discover how learning when to keep quiet can actually be a storyteller
16. Shaping Your Voice
November 1, 2023
What is an implied author? How do you develop one in your own nonfiction narratives? What is
15. Using Narrative Perspective
November 1, 2023
Professor Mazzeo reveals even more different narrative perspectives you can use to frame your stories and provide your readers with an entry point into your work. After a quick review of
14. Getting Inside the Heads of Your Characters
November 1, 2023
Focus here on the unique advantages of using free indirect discourse, which provides a productive ambiguity by balancing on the line between a character
13. Character Psychology
November 1, 2023
Investigate the role metaphor plays in revealing the psychological motivations of complex characters. Among the skills you learn are using metonymy (where something associated with an object is used to represent it) and deciding when to use direct discourse (directly quoted speech) or indirect discourse (attributing speech without quotation marks).
12. Creating Compelling Characters
November 1, 2023
Explore working with characters that don
11. Revealing Character in Words and Actions
November 1, 2023
First, learn why details are so essential to creating three-dimensional characters in creative nonfiction. Then, investigate the stylistic pros and cons of writing from three different points of view: first person, second person, and third person. Your (surprising) case studies for studying the importance of these two topics: personal ads.
10. Putting It All Together
November 1, 2023
Here, Professor Mazzeo walks you through the revision process, which is just as important as the actual writing itself. Using the skills and techniques you
9. Rhetorical Devices and Emotional Impact
November 1, 2023
Take a closer look at more rhetorical devices that can dramatically alter the quality and impact of your creative nonfiction. Among the devices you explore: parallelism, anadiplosis (repeating the word at the end of a clause at the start of the next), isocolons (clauses of the same length), and alliteration.
8. Building Dramatic Sentences
November 1, 2023
Unpack the technical aspects and secrets of sentences that create pacing and tension. First, investigate the importance of word order in your sentences. Next, explore the effectiveness of compound sentences. Finally, uncover how changing different sentence types in your writing can dramatically alter the impact of your work.
7. Cliffhangers and Page Turners
November 1, 2023
Every story needs good pacing, and that
6. Launching a Narrative Arc
November 1, 2023
Plotting a narrative arc is a part of the creative process that can seem overwhelming even to very experienced writers. But it doesn
5. Show, Don
November 1, 2023
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4. Writing Great Beginnings
November 1, 2023
In this lecture, explore how to successfully undertake the hardest part of telling a great story: beginning it. You
3. Honoring the Nonfiction Contract
November 1, 2023
What
2. Finding the Story
November 1, 2023
Professor Mazzeo introduces you to the three things that every good story must have: a narrative arc, some kind of conflict, and character. She also guides you through two engaging exercises that help train you to recognize these elements in both short conversations and a single historical photograph.
1. Welcome to Creative Nonfiction
November 1, 2023
Welcome to the world of creative nonfiction. In this first lecture, investigate how something called nonfiction can be
Description
Professor Tilar J. Mazzeo, a New York Times best-selling author, explores the process of writing creative nonfiction, from brainstorming for the perfect idea to getting your final product noticed by publishers. Filled with helpful tips and exercises, it's a learning experience that proves writing creative nonfiction can be mastered, practiced, and enjoyed by anyone.
Writing Creative Nonfiction is a series that ran for 1 seasons (24 episodes) between November 1, 2023 and on The Great Courses
Where to Watch Writing Creative Nonfiction
Writing Creative Nonfiction is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Writing Creative Nonfiction on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.
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