Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization

How To Write About Yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! This is the heart of this Coursera specialization in Memoir and Personal Essay. Masters of both genres share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and challenges to help every writer imagine, construct and write compelling pieces of non-fiction's most popular form: the personal narrative.

Nov 25th 2024

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In this course, creative nonfiction writers will explore traditional storytelling methods, especially those which overlap between fiction and memoir. By looking at examples from a wide range of genres, including film, song, painting—even the theme music for Jaws!—we’ll practice exercising the creative muscle that sees ourselves as characters and [...]

Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization

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Nov 25th 2024

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33.00 EUR/month

Nov 25th 2024

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If you have always wanted to tell your own story—in a memoir, first-person essay, or any other form of autobiographical non-fiction—but felt you lacked the tools or the framework, this is the class for you. We will learn how successful first-person writing is structured to offer the reader a [...]

Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization

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Nov 25th 2024

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33.00 EUR/month

Nov 25th 2024

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The blank page can be the most daunting obstacle in writing. In this course, aspiring writers will assemble a “starter kit” for approaching the blank page by developing constructive ways to think about the writing process as a whole. While subsequent courses in this series will focus on the [...]

Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization

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Nov 25th 2024

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33.00 EUR/month

Nov 25th 2024

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This class is the chance to create your personal essay or extend into a full memoir -- from planning and structure to bold narrative brushstrokes to the layering of significant detail. You will develop the opportunity to find your voice and see it come alive, amplified and improved, on [...]

Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization

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Nov 25th 2024

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Wesleyan University