# non-fiction writing workshop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-fiction-writing-workshop/87850>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 16, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-fiction-writing-workshop/87850 "2001-10-16T23:36:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-fiction-writing-workshop/87850/1 "2001-10-16T23:36:47Z")

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Inspired by **Scylla** ’s [Creative Writing Workshop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=93131) thread. Not sure if it belongs here or in IMHO, but I think that writing non-fiction is an art.

The idea’s the same: post something you want critiqued, and somebody’ll critique it. But here, instead of doing stories, we do non-fiction. I happen to be familiar with technical writing, so that’s what I can critique. But anything goes. Of course, shorter selections are more easily dealt with.

In case you don’t have anything off-hand, here’s a suggestion: write an explanation of how to do something that you do on a normal day.