Narrative Nonfiction

Catalog description

This is a class in crafting engrossing and essential stories. True stories need to be told, and deserve to be told well. What’s the difference between story and subject? How can narrative and careful structuring maximize the impact of investigative reporting? How do you properly pace a longform story? How do you pitch, report, outline, and edit one? And, most importantly, why do you write it in the first place? Class meetings will include a magazine-style editorial meeting, discussing weekly pitches and, later, story drafts followed by a discussion of reading that explores various approaches to structure, voice, and genre.