Writing assistance is available and Abramson Cancer Center social workers will be on hand to assist you.Dress comfortably and join us for coffee in a relaxed setting. The Writing a Life program is in partnership with the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania.
Class guests will include prominent journalists, scientists, and economists.
Narrative collage: because the most interesting journey isn’t a straight line.
How do we decide what to include and how do we justify what we exclude?
We will think about how to integrate what we know about ourselves and the world now into stories that happened in the past.
Journalists aren’t necessarily to blame for this problem, but when they report on each new study without critically analyzing the scientific research behind it, today’s health writers inadvertently add to misinformation and public confusion.
In this creative writing workshop, we’ll focus on the fundamentals of good science journalism, with an emphasis on how to evaluate the strength of published research and integrate it into our own writing for a broad audience.
One week, we’re told meat is a fundamental component of a heart-healthy diet; the next, we’re told it causes cancer and should be avoided.
Health reporting ceases to be a source of information and instead leads to widespread confusion, frustration, and even apathy.
We will look to the writers Joan Didion, Phillip Lopate, Mary Karr and others for help when we need it.
The majority of class time will be spent discussing student work. Canvas will be used to discuss readings and other topics.
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