Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
Trust Peer Reviews
A course by Eileen Truax , Journalist and Writer
About the video: Trust Peer Reviews
Overview
“When we have invested time and effort in pursuing a story and putting it on paper, we become sensitive about critique. Sometimes we use nonfiction writing to share personal experiences that might make us feel vulnerable, and we can’t be completely sure that people will read our writing with the same sensitivity or passion. ”
In this video lesson Eileen Truax addresses the topic: Trust Peer Reviews, which is part of the Domestika online course: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story. Learn how to write a compelling nonfiction piece that connects with readers by exploring the whys and hows behind every word.
Partial transcription of the video
“Trust Peer Reviews Now that your text is ready, it's time to show it. In this lesson, I'm going to tell you how to find your first reader or readers, how to receive feedback and if everything goes well, you are ready to publish. When we have invested time and effort in pursuing a story, we might feel attached to it and we might feel also sensitive to critique. Sometimes when you are writing non-fiction, you write about very personal issues, or issues that affect you directly, that you are related to. So, receiving critique can be hard and also you might not feel comfortable by showing your ...”
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Course summary for: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Eileen Truax
A course by Eileen Truax
Eileen Truax is a journalist from Mexico City who has been based in the US for fifteen years. Books and stories had a major impact on her childhood, which soon developed into writing her own stories in the fifth grade. After high school, she was already writing news synthesis, scripts for radio commercials and for public television, articles about culture and business, profiles, and political chronicles. She holds degrees in Social Communication and Communication and Politics.
Today, Eileen writes for media outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vice, Newsweek, El Universal, Gatopardo, 5W, and Americas Quarterly, among others. She has received the José Martí Publishing Award from NAHP; the Media Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislature, and the Desalambre Award for Human Rights Journalism. Eileen has also written four books that focus on migration and politics in the US and has contributed to five other journalistic books.
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