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| This course guides beginning and intermediate writers through elements of how to write a personal essay, helping them identify values expressed in their stories and to bring readers into the experiences described. Writers learn how to avoid the dreaded responses of "so what?" and "I guess you had to be there" by utilizing sensory details, learning to trust their writing intuitions, and developing a skilled internal editor to help with revision. Hurry, the course starts tomorrow! |
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| • | Learn about the personal essay genre. | | • | Practice elements of the personal essay, especially description. | | • | Learn how to write about other people and maintain one's integrity. | | • | And much more! |
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| • | Writers who desire to write nonfiction essays based on personal experiences held in the mind and heart. | | • | Writers who desire to better understand and develop essays already written or held in the mind and heart. |
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| • | "Writing A Personal Essay 101 was a wonderful learning experience." -LG | | • | "Great course. I really appreciated Carolyn's thoughtful feedback." -CM | | • | "This was, by far, the best writing class I have ever taken." -JC |
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| Tomorrow, Thursday, Sep. 21, 2017 - Nov. 2, 2017 |
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Carolyn Walker
Carolyn Walker has been a published journalist, columnist, and author for more than twenty-five years. She also received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing in 2004 and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. |
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| EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS | INVALUABLE FEEDBACK |
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