This workshop course will give you a chance to delve into this increasingly popular genre in its myriad forms, including memoir; travel writing; blogs, diaries and journals; literary journalism; graphic texts; personal essay; epistolary; rants and reviews; profiles; lyric essay; and multimedia and hybrid forms. You will learn the craft of turning personal/family obsessions and social/cultural convictions into literary art, with an emphasis on balancing head data (the research and rhetorical devices of journalism and history) with heart data (the storytelling of fiction and lyricism/imagery of poetry). You will also learn the basics of the profession, like doing creative research and pitching stories to editors in the ongoing quest for better living through CNF.
This workshop course will give you a chance to delve into this increasingly popular genre in its myriad forms, including memoir; travel writing; blogs, diaries and journals; literary journalism; graphic texts; personal essay; epistolary; rants and reviews; profiles; lyric essay; and multimedia and hybrid forms. You will learn the craft of turning personal/family obsessions and social/cultural convictions into literary art, with an emphasis on balancing head data (the research and rhetorical devices of journalism and history) with heart data (the storytelling of fiction and lyricism/imagery of poetry). You will also learn the basics of the profession, like doing creative research and pitching stories to editors in the ongoing quest for better living through CNF.