This class is the chance to create your personal essay or extend into a full memoir -- from planning and structure to bold narrative brushstrokes to the layering of significant detail. You will develop the opportunity to find your voice and see it come alive, amplified and improved, on the page. This is the chance to tell your story in a way that invites readers in; your story, written to be read. The memoir and personal essay are two of the best-selling and most universally acclaimed genres in the world of modern creative writing. Welcome to your story.
Dieser Kurs ist Teil der Spezialisierung Spezialisierung Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself
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Untertitel: Englisch
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Erhalten Sie nach Abschluss ein Zertifikat
100 % online
Beginnen Sie sofort und lernen Sie in Ihrem eigenen Tempo.
Flexible Fristen
Setzen Sie Fristen gemäß Ihrem Zeitplan zurück.
Ca. 7 Stunden zum Abschließen
Englisch
Untertitel: Englisch
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Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a diverse, energetic liberal arts community where critical thinking and practical idealism go hand in hand. With our distinctive scholar-teacher culture, creative programming, and commitment to interdisciplinary learning, Wesleyan challenges students to explore new ideas and change the world. Our graduates go on to lead and innovate in a wide variety of industries, including government, business, entertainment, and science.
Lehrplan - Was Sie in diesem Kurs lernen werden
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
How to Begin... and How to Continue
In this week, you will learn how to discover what you wish to say, and how to organize your material and your story (and what is the difference between the two).
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
5 Videos (Gesamt 41 min)
5 Videos
Five Nouns9m
Open the Window6m
Foibles, Fallibilities, and Flaws6m
A Conversation with Said Sayrafiezadeh11m
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
How Not to Fail
In this week you lean how to overcome your internal critic and your fears.
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
5 Videos (Gesamt 39 min)
5 Videos
Out of the Ditch5m
Building As You Go6m
A Little Distance5m
A Conversation with Dani Shapiro12m
1 Stunde zum Abschließen
The Truth of the Story Lies in the Details
In this week, you will learn how to sift through the dusty attic of all your memories, to find the ones that are narrative gold.
1 Stunde zum Abschließen
4 Videos (Gesamt 29 min)
4 Videos
What Are Facts For?5m
In the Story5m
A Conversation with Chandra Prasad11m
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
Writing to be Read
In this week, you will learn how to tell a good sentence from a bad one and how to absorb the lessons of great memoirists and essayist, without copying anyone.
2 Stunden zum Abschließen
5 Videos (Gesamt 41 min)
5 Videos
Drowning in Rhinestones6m
White Space7m
A Conversation with Ariel Levy12m
Building the House8m
Bewertungen
Top-Bewertungen von WRITING A PERSONAL ESSAY
von AA5. Nov. 2019
Amy Bloom has a wealth of information to share and she leads the learner through complex ideas with ease.
von LD18. Nov. 2020
Wow! This is truly helpful and insightful! I wanna write my own personal essay pretty soon.
von AR26. Aug. 2020
The course lecturer was incredible. I was so interested and engaged in the assignments.
von SB19. Sep. 2020
Fantastic course, really loved it! Such intelligent, interesting teachers.
Über den Spezialisierung Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself
How To Write About Yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! This is the heart of this Coursera specialization in Memoir and Personal Essay. Masters of both genres share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and challenges to help every writer imagine, construct and write compelling pieces of non-fiction's most popular form: the personal narrative.
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