Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself

About this Specialization

How To Write About Yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! This is the heart of this Coursera specialization in Memoir and Personal Essay. Masters of both genres share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and challenges to help every writer imagine, construct and write compelling pieces of non-fiction\'s most popular form: the personal narrative.

Created by: Wesleyan University


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