Non-Fiction
(Non-Fiction)
Overview
Non-Fiction is comprised of twelve lessons and two opportunities for you to gain written feedback on your writing from the course tutors. The course also includes various opportunities for you to try out a range of writing styles and techniques, share your work with other writers and participate in various interactive online learning tools, such as discussion forums, chatrooms and wikis.
Taught by Dr Inga Simpson, this course focuses onnon-fiction writing, including articles, essays, criticism and reviews, as well as book-length projects. Each lesson includes a range of readings, a discussion of techniques used by a variety of writers, and opportunities for you to experiment with your own writing.
Non-Fiction Writing begins with an introduction to this broad genre, its history and various elements. We’ll then learn how to conduct effective research and develop ideas into interesting short pieces. The course considers the all important voice and style, and adapting these for different markets.
The course then explores different sub-genres and forms of non-fiction writing including articles and reviews, essays, literary criticism, historical, political, travel, food, nature and biographical writing. In the final lesson, we’ll take a closer look at what’s involved in writing a book-length non-fiction project.