Lesson 2 | How to Build Scenes and Create Structure in Personal Essay
Lesson 2 of 8: Finding Your Essay's Heartbeat
In Lesson 2, we’re going to look at scene, the building blocks for your story, and structure, the scaffolding or container for it. Before we dive into the Readings, I want to share a resource. Every art form has its own language; the words used to describe what it is and how it’s done—the craft. Already in Lessons 1 and 2, I’ve used several craft terms (e.g. scene, narrative, conflict, theme, point of view, etc.)
I’ve created a 2-page resource called The Language of Creative Nonfiction Writing Craft. I list and define 20 different points of CNF writing craft along with questions to consider as you read and write. This will serve as a reference for you throughout the course and going forward.
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