ENG-3020 Creative Writing and Literature

Silverman, S. W. (2009). Fearless confessions: A writer’s guide to memoir. University of Georgia Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=3038795&ppg=26
Read Chapter 2: Savory Words, Fearless Confessions.

Silverman, S. W. (2009). Fearless confessions: A writer’s guide to memoir. University of Georgia Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=3038795&ppg=40
Read Chapter 3: Writing on Key, Fearless Confessions.

Silverman, S. W. (2009). Fearless confessions: A writer’s guide to memoir. University of Georgia Press.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=3038795&ppg=51
Read Chapter 4: Plotting Your Life, Fearless Confessions.

Silverman, S. W. (2009). Fearless confessions: A writer’s guide to memoir. University of Georgia Press.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=3038795&ppg=129
Author Sue William Silverman’s book on memoir is a font of down-to-earth information about what it means to write about yourself, and how you can turn the events and experiences that shape you into stories on the page that communicate your feelings and lessons learned to readers. Consider, as you read, what your life stories are, and what it would mean to share them with readers at large.

Lanson, J. (2010). Writing for others, writing for ourselves: Telling stories in an age of blogging. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/detail.action?docID=1040706
Read Chapter 3: Culling Life's Experience in Jerry Lanson’s book.

Lanson, J. (2010). Writing for others, writing for ourselves: Telling stories in an age of blogging. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/detail.action?docID=1040706
Read Chapter 12: Drafting Fast in Jerry Lanson’s book.

Lanson, J. (2010). Writing for others, writing for ourselves: Telling stories in an age of blogging. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/detail.action?docID=1040706
Jerry Lanson’s book is about a very contemporary form of creative nonfiction, the blog. While the blog isn’t a form you’ll use in this class, the methods Lanson shares in these selections will help you to find out what in your life fits to print, and how to get it out of mind and onto the page.

University of California Television (UCTV). (2008, Jan. 31). A conversation with Anne Lamott 2007 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhP5GmybvPM
Creative nonfiction and fiction author Anne Lamott is a staple of the modern narrative nonfiction work, and this conversation with her from 2007 illuminates her feelings and approach to the genre. As you watch and listen, think about what you can apply from Lamott’s personal process to your own writing process.

Rakoff, D. (2001). Death be not a punch line. New York Times Magazine, 150(51626), 41. http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=3941182&site=ehost-live
This material will be explored in this week’s assignment, so you’ll review it as you work on that task.

Sedaris, D. (2011). Memory laps. New Yorker, 87(33), 38–41. https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy1.ncu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=66833754&site=ehost-live
This material will be explored in this week’s assignment, so you’ll review it as you work on that task.