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Writing About Your Life: Flash Nonfiction

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 nonfiction. Participants will:

  • Review examples of stellar short nonfiction.
  • 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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More in this series:
Adults
Writing About Your Life: Flash Nonfiction
Plaza Branch |
August 24 |
1:00pm
Adults
Figurative Language: Make Your Writing Sparkle
Plaza Branch |
August 28 |
12:00pm
Adults
Beginning a Novel
Central Library |
August 29 |
1:00pm
Adults
Poetry on the Page
Central Library |
September 4 |
1:00pm
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Writing About Your Life: Flash Nonfiction

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