Literary Nonfiction Workshop II: Writing the Narrative Nonfiction Feature

Undergraduate / Graduate

In this writing workshop, students will go through all the stages of writing a narrative nonfiction feature (nonfiction's equivalent of the short story). Students will generate story ideas, write a pitch, and then report, research and write drafts of a feature story. Along the way, we will consider the mechanics, craft and ethics of this work as we read published nonfiction and talk to visiting writers about their process. Students will workshop writing in class, learning more about editing and experimenting with style and form. The goal is for students to produce work worthy of publication.