Welcome to a dynamic summer writing course on true stories, well told through the personal essay subgenre of creative nonfiction. What is a personal essay? It's the individual expression of a personal truth told with an intimate voice and universal significance. Using the same tools as top authors, essayists, and journalists, you’ll develop a topic near to your heart and work through a research-based writing process to craft a final tale or work-in-progress that’s worthy of future publication. Even if you never want to write, this is a learning experience on the power of storytelling that will serve you for life.

This is a course for anybody who wants to learn how to write as well as you can; who wishes to break free of stifling mindsets and adopt a new mentality about intention, process over product, and valuing the full spectrum of a writer’s decisions; who wishes to overcome fears and find confidence and inspiration.