Master the Techniques of Tension, Conflict, Character, and Setting to Write Better Nonfiction

Good nonfiction writing relies on many of the same techniques that fiction writers use, including solid story structure, setting, dialogue, character, conflict, action, and voice—but how you use these tools in nonfiction requires a different kind of finesse and focus.

Join this veteran magazine writer and author of four nonfiction books Polly Campbell as she talks about how to discover the true, accurate, and poignant details that can add energy and tension to your nonfiction piece and the techniques you can use to animate your writing with conflict, character, dialogue, pacing, and voice.

During this session, you’ll learn to:

Identify key details in your nonfiction writing that can up the energy without bulking up the word count

Harness tension and conflict to push your story forward

Capture true character in nonfiction

Use setting to serve character and story

Understand the concept of pace and when and how to use it effectively

Difficulty level: all_levels

Speaker(s)

• Polly Campbell

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