Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

Overview

“To finish this unit, you'll explore how humor and candidness influence Courtney Maum engaging nonfiction. Drawing from works like David Rees’ How to Sharpen Pencils and Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, you’ll learn how she balance utility, raw honesty, and humor to connect deeply with readers while respecting your subject.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Influences / Courtney Maum , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization. Transform ideas into captivating stories using creative writing techniques and overcome writer's block through practice.

Partial transcription of the video

“In the last lesson, you learned a little bit about me and my publishing trajectory. In this lesson, I'm going to share some of my influences with you. For the book proposal that we're going to be using throughout this course, before and after the book deal, it did become an actual book. And one of my favorite reviews of this book called it the rare title that's both a reference manual and a page turner. That review meant so much to me because it hit upon something that I'm trying to do in all of my work, both fiction and nonfiction, which is to write prose in an engaging manner that has a s...”

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Course summary for: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (19)
• 1825 students
• 6 units
• 64 lessons (9h 22m)
• 15 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Consulting, Creative Writing, Creativity, Design Management, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing