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Great overview of various types of creative nonfiction from a seasoned professional.

It helps you distinguish between the various types of nonfiction writing to determine where you are on the spectrum and what to study next.

This is the perfect way to figure out what style of nonfiction writing you're most interested in pursuing.

Really effective at bumping up my own knowledge about the genre of Creative Nonfiction.

A great overview of nonfiction writing genres and a chance to try your hand at all of them and see what you might like to delve deeper into.

Really, really helpful. It's impacted my career.

It allowed me to open up the creative side of myself that I often don't get to use in my Monday to Friday work life.

This is the first class you want to take if you have a serious interest in writing creative nonfiction.

This is the best writing class I’ve taken. The quality of instruction was superb, and the small class size allowed a lot of feedback.

This course de-codes creative nonfiction and teaches real world techniques that writers can use, not only to be better at the craft, but to also navigate the business of writing creative non-fiction.

This course is a little gem of mind expansion exercises.

The teacher's advice and suggestions for improvements were spot on and eagerly awaited.

This course enabled me to take a quantum leap in the quality of my nonfiction writing.

The course gave me a wonderful overview of a variety of styles. I learned the difference between a memoir and a personal essay, between feature journalism and hard news, how to profile someone, and how to format news articles.

I really gives you a feel for and some practical practice with the different genres within creative nonfiction.

Gotham Writers is an essential part of the New York experience.

A very inspiring and informative introduction to the foundation of several types of nonfiction writing.

As a reader, you're familiar with the many forms of nonfiction, from reviews to essays. This course takes you "inside" them to learn and practice the characteristics of each.

I took the course because I hadn't written anything but a journal for 20 years. I wondered if I had skill and what kinds of writing I would enjoy, and now I have answers to those questions. It's a terrific course for anyone who wants to explore the basics of nonfiction writing.

Great introduction to the different styles of nonfiction.