Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story
Assessing Your Research
A course by Katie Hafner , Journalist and Author
About the video: Assessing Your Research
Overview
“In this lesson, I will guide you in creating a research plan. What research do you need to do for your piece? Much of this has already been covered in the productivity spreadsheet, so you should have a clear road map for the task at hand. You will learn how to break everything down into chunks. For instance, in my story, I separated points into tasks. Such as making a chronology of Marion Hollins’ life, describing the first hole and being greeted by the starter, or writing the history of the golf club. ”
In this video lesson Katie Hafner addresses the topic: Assessing Your Research, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story. Discover the Milestone Approach for productive writing, as you learn to get to the heart of a true story and write with flair and creativity.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Assessing Your Research In the previous lesson, you got a sense of what it's like to fill in a productivity spreadsheet with tasks and assign levels of difficulty to each task. Now, in this lesson, I'm going to show you what it's like to go back and figure out what still needs to be done. I see that these are all the points that I have on the spreadsheet. This is the time for the rubber to meet the road. I need to go through every single task and figure out whether that's really something that I've already got in hand, or if this is something I still need to research. What I've realized i...”
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Course summary for: Creative Non-fiction Writing: Tell the Real Story
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Katie Hafner
A course by Katie Hafner
Katie Hafner is a journalist and book author from New York, US. After graduating with a degree in German literature she went on to complete a master’s in journalism from Columbia University, and pursue her lifelong passion for writing. She then began working at a community newspaper in Lake Tahoe and worked her way up through different publications until she was hired by The New York Times in 1998.
Katie worked at The New York Times for ten years and remains a regular contributor. She has also worked at BusinessWeek and Newsweek, and written for several publications such as Esquire, Wired, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine. Katie is also the author of six non-fiction books covering a range of topics from computer hackers, German reunification, pianist Glenn Gould, and even her own memoir. As well as this, Katie is the creator and host of the podcast Lost Women of Science.
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