WRITING COURSE: THE ART OF WRITING NONFICTION
12 modules
104 lessons
18 writing exercises
Audio for every lesson (coming soon)
Instant feedback on every writing exercise
In online writing courses, you usually don’t get any feedback on your exercises, or you have to wait for a reply. With ViaScripta, you get your feedback right away, on every exercise, as often as you like.
ViaScripta always knows what you’re learning. If an exercise is about tension, it looks at the tension in your writing, not at whether your piece is well written in general.
You get pointers on your own sentences: what’s already working, where it goes wrong, what you can do differently, and why. You don’t have to get it right the first time. No one’s looking over your shoulder.
Feedback
Learn to write nonfiction that reads like a novel.
Real life supplies the stories, but how do you shape them into a good story that keeps readers hooked? Only when you bring facts, structure, characters, and language together do you get nonfiction that sticks. This course teaches you to master that combination.
You write memoirs, essays, literary journalism, or biographies. You build scenes from source material, bring real people to life on the page, and find a voice of your own that your reader trusts.
What You’ll Learn
The truth contract with your reader
You know where the line is between selecting and making things up. You’re honest about what you know for sure and what you reconstruct.
Finding and narrowing your subject
From your material, you distill the story that wants to be told. You choose a clear focus and let go of everything that doesn’t belong.
Research that feeds your story
You interview, verify, and organize your sources. You know when you have enough to start writing and when you need to go back to your sources.
Structure that carries true stories
You bring order to chaotic reality. You choose a storyline, decide where to begin, and build toward an ending that feels earned.
Building scenes from facts
You reconstruct moments with setting, action, and dialogue. You make the past tangible without making anything up.
Developing your own voice
You write nonfiction with a recognizable, personal tone. Your reader hears you think, doubt, and draw conclusions.
Writing ethically about real people
You handle the responsibility that comes with writing about real life. You know the limits of what you can claim, and you respect your subjects.
Revising until your writing holds up
You cut jargon, unnecessary explanation, and passages that slow your story down. What’s left is sharp, readable, and honest.
Your true story deserves craft.
You have the material: experiences, research, a subject that’s on your mind. The Art of Writing Nonfiction course gives you the techniques to turn it into a story that moves your reader and earns their trust. Start with module 1 today.
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