All writing is about life and the experience of living it, especially in creative nonfiction. Whether you’re writing a personal essay or memoir, you’re shaping your perspective into story. In this 6-week course, we’ll explore and try on different writing tools and techniques to breathe new life into your nonfiction writing. Each week, Allison Nichol Longtin will share a short reading that exemplifies expert wielding of a writing tool or technique that we’ll unpack and experiment with applying to our own personal essay or memoir work.

This course follows a similar structure to the previous sessions but introduces all-new content. If you joined previously, you’ll find fresh material to engage with; if you’re new, no prior experience or course attendance is needed to fully participate and enjoy.

You don’t need to be an expert at writing to write, nor do you have to be one to join and enjoy this course. You may choose to share your writing with me and with the other participants, or keep it to yourself. This course is about the creative process and not about production; no pressure, no homework.

Age range – 18+