"Eight Ways of Knowing: Research and Creative Nonfiction" with Ann McCutchan

In this half-day session, participants will explore “eight ways of knowing" — a rich assortment of research techniques and source materials that can be applied and deployed to surprising advantage in personal essay, memoir and other types of creative nonfiction. 

These “eight ways” include What You Remember, What You Witness, What You Examine, and What You Imagine. Together with four more, they comprise the nonfiction writer’s most important resources in getting at and expressing the personal and factual truths of a work. Writers might not employ all of them in one piece. Often we blend or intertwine two or a few. However we do it, we refine their use as we compose and recompose. 

This course will help nonfiction writers of all levels 

Develop research skills

Identify knowledge at hand

Practice technique

Determine true subjects (They’re not always what we think.)

A combination of lecture, discussion, and writing exercises, the class is open to all levels.  Short advance readings are required.