From Fact to Story:
A Longform Nonfiction Workshop
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Online Writing Workshop
January 14-18, 2021
Led by Emma Copley Eisenberg
What is the difference between a list of facts and a magazine article you can’t put down? How do you write about a real person in a way that is relevant not just to their inner circle, but to all hearts and minds? In this supportive, intensive workshop, you will learn how to turn a real event, person, cultural phenomenon, piece of media or element of the natural world into a well-crafted work of nonfiction told in a unique and urgent voice—your own. After craft discussion based on excerpts of book chapters, magazine articles and memoirs, you will write in response to prompts that help you discover what makes your topic fascinating. You will learn how to tell your story in a way that will keep a reader’s attention, focusing on elements that make for an exciting narrative, such as character, setting and stakes. You are welcome to bring previously-written work or start something new.
*Limited to just 10 participants.*
“What a great opportunity this is to escape into the world of writing for a long weekend, to work with award-winning poets and writers, to meet and network with other fellow writers and to just have a ripping good time. Kudos to everyone involved for another excellent conference!”
~ Bruce, Cherry Hill, NJ
Biography
Emma Copley Eisenberg’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Granta, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Tin House, Guernica, The New Republic, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire and others. Her nonfiction book The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia was published by Hachette Books in 2020. She is an editor for AGNI and lives in Philadelphia, where she directs Blue Stoop, a hub for the literary arts. Her next two books, a novel and a collection of short stories, will be published in approximately 2022 and 2024. Read an interview with Emma and learn more on her website.
