Club members get discount for new non-fiction narrative writing course

Get a jump-start on your New Year’s resolution and learn a new craft with award-winning author and National Press Club member Peter Lovenheim. He is bringing back his popular narrative non-fiction writing course at the end of this month and is offering a few of the coveted spots at a discount for Club members.

A new version of Lovenheim’s course, "Narrative Non-Fiction: Writing True Stories 2.0," will be offered Mondays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Jan. 29 through March 5 (with no class on President’s Day, Feb.19) at the Edlavitch DCJCC, 1529 16th Street NW, Washingon, D.C.

Club members can access a special discounted registration rate by here.

Narrative non-fiction is writing based on fact but built with the traditional elements of story. It’s a popular genre, allowing writers to observe the world, explore what they’re curious about and then transform it into a compelling narrative to engage and challenge the reader.

In five two-hour sessions, participants will learn and practice the craft of writing narrative non-fiction through forms such as personal narrative, memoir, and persuasive essay. Students will learn and practice interviewing techniques as well as the skills of editing and revision. In addition to producing one or more narrative pieces for this class, students are invited to bring in one work-in-progress for discussion and evaluation.

New and returning students are welcome to join this course. Those who took the fall session will have an opportunity to explore a new piece of writing. The extended format will allow for a session on the art and execution of the interview. The class will be conducted as a small-group seminar and will be limited to a maximum of 12 students.

Lvenheim is the author of seven books for the general reader from publishers including Random House and Penguin Books. His most recent work of narrative non-fiction, "In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time," was a Barnes & Noble Discover Book Award winner. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Parade, Moment and other publications.

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