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Writing in First Person Point of View, Wesleyan University
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About this Course
If you have always wanted to tell your own story—in a memoir, first-person essay, or any other form of autobiographical non-fiction—but felt you lacked the tools or the framework, this is the class for you. We will learn how successful first-person writing is structured to offer the reader a sense of propulsive motion, and is guided by a narrator who is deliberately crafted. We will explore the ways in which language can be used to create tone, so that the emotional freight of your words is as potent as the storytelling. And crucially, we will consider the writer's responsibility to the reader: the importance of being a guide who includes the reader in the sensory, emotional, and intellectual experience you mean to share through your writing.
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By JW
•Feb 25, 2019
As a writer and a blogger I felt like I should brush up on my craft. This course was very enlightening and Ariel Levy was engaging and informative.
By LM
•Apr 19, 2019
No teacher is better, then a passionate teacher. Ariel Levy is a teacher of passion and compassion.
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By Liliane Murray
•Apr 19, 2019
No teacher is better, then a passionate teacher. Ariel Levy is a teacher of passion and compassion.
By June Westerfield
•Feb 25, 2019
As a writer and a blogger I felt like I should brush up on my craft. This course was very enlightening and Ariel Levy was engaging and informative.
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