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8-Week Professional Development Series: Narrative Writing Strategies for the Social-Science Minded Researcher

Transform your qualitative research into powerful, engaging narratives with our immersive 8-week live experience.

Weeks 1-3: Breathe life into your writing by building a consistent practice, embracing mindfulness, and amplifying both emotional and verifiable truths in your data. Explore creative methods like visual narratives, poetic storytelling, ethnodrama, and narrative case studies. Develop essential techniques such as scene creation, pacing, participant voice, and dialogue—all tailored to elevate your qualitative research.

Weeks 4-8: Receive deep, personalized feedback to refine your narrative each week. One-on-one and group guidance, including peer and instructor feedback, will help you develop impactful narratives that honor the voices of your participants. Join an intimate community of peers as we workshop your pieces, ensuring you leave each week with actionable insights and renewed clarity.

Ready to transform your research into narratives that captivate and inspire?

Narrative Writing for Qualitative Researchers

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  • Welcome

Week 1: Writing as Life, Life as Writing

  • BhattacharyaColoringHome.pdf
  • Learning Experience Overview
  • Review Days
  • Providing Feedback
  • Receiving Feedback
  • Mindfulness: The Practice of Paying Attention
  • Creative Writing and Qualitative Research
  • Words on Paper: A Two Stage Process
  • Narrative Smoothing
  • Descriptive Writing
  • Homework Assignment
  • Narrative Writing in QR Week 1 (2).pdf
  • Minus - Excerpt.pdf
  • narrativewritingweek1long.mp4

Week 2 - Character Building and Participant Description

  • Participant Profile Description.pdf
  • The Three Pillars of Character Development.pdf
  • Understanding Narrative Voice.pdf
  • Character Development and Dialogue.pdf
  • Homework Challenge week 2.pdf
  • NarrativeWritingWeek2 (3).pdf
  • BhattacharyChapterOtheringResearchResearchingOther.pdf
  • Bhattacharya, Connecting with Water Spirits.pdf
  • TheorizingfromtheStreets.pdf
  • NarrativeWritingWeek2Replay.mp4

Week 3 - Scene Writing, Bringing it All Together

  • Plot and Intrigue.docx
  • The Art of Conflict.docx
  • Detailed Exploration of Research Narrative Elements.docx
  • Narrative Development in Qualitative Research.docx
  • 20140502 Watson Dissertation.pdf
  • BetsyCrawford2017.pdf
  • KeondriaMcClish2018.pdf
  • EisnerBaroneArtsBasedQuality.pdf
  • AERAStandardsforHumanities-orientedResearch.pdf
  • Qualitative Inquiry-2015-Roulston-1077800414563803.pdf
  • Qualitative Inquiry-2013-Gordon-689-95.pdf
  • Qualitative Inquiry-2010-Tracy-837-51.pdf
  • PaulMaxfield2018.pdf
  • The Journey of Creation and Refinement.docx
  • Wk3 CreativeWritingforQualResearchers.pdf
  • Tushabe- A Body in Balance.pdf
  • MigratoryPatternofaFishDoodle.full.pdf
  • wk3NarrativeWriting.mp4

Week 4: Feedback and Deep Dive

  • wk 4 Feedback Narrative Writing.pdf
  • wk4narrativewriting.mp4
  • RocíoCustomizedBlueprint.docx
  • AmberCustomizedBlueprintFinal.docx

Week 5: Feedback and Deep Dive

  • wk 5 Feedback Narrative Writing (2).pdf
  • Week5narrativewriting.mp4
  • MahreenCustomizedBlueprint.docx
  • Custom Blueprint for Alia.docx

Week 6:Feedback and Deep Dive

  • KB Feedback for Nicole.docx
  • GinaFinalCustomizedBlueprint.docx
  • NarrativeWritingWeek6.mp4
  • FinalCustomBlueprintforNicole.docx

Week 7: Feedback and Deep Dive

  • NarrativeWritingWeek7.mp4
  • BethanyFinalBlueprint.docx
  • DinaFinalBlueprint.docx