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

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.

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.

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

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

If you're looking for a challenging and fun overview of nonfiction writing, this is the class for you. Each week covers a different area of nonfiction, which means you get to try lots of different things, and hopefully find the one that speaks to you. I know more now than I did going in, and feel confident signing up for a more in-depth class on a particular area of nonfiction now, thanks to the great structure and teacher.

Great introduction to the different styles of nonfiction.

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.

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.

Before taking the course, I did not fully understand the concept of "creative non-fiction". The course will open your eyes to its possibilities, as well as to your potential.

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

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

A great introduction to the myriad forms of creative nonfiction.

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

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

I have honestly found every week's lecture to be interesting, with something new and unexpected. I will return to the lectures long after the course has finished. It is just the most fantastic thing to be able to learn from an instructor in New York.

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 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.

A very good intro to creative nonfiction with helpful prompts and exercises that will get you thinking about your writing in a new way.