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Writing a Personal Essay
Wesleyan University via Coursera
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Syllabus
-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).
How Not to Fail
-In this week you lean how to overcome your internal critic and your fears.
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.
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.
Taught by
Amy Bloom
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