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Flash Nonfiction: Writing About Your Life

Everyone has a story. Sometimes it’s a chance encounter worthy of a mystery novel; sometimes it’s a simple moment of beauty that stops you in your tracks. But putting it into words can be difficult. In this course, we’ll learn how to turn everyday life into a compelling narrative, using techniques from creative non-fiction.

Participants will:

  • Review examples of stellar short non-fiction.
  • Isolate a specific event in their past
  • Craft a short piece (250-500 words) to memorialize that moment

This class is taught by a graduate student in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.


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Flash Nonfiction: Writing About Your Life

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Adults