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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:39:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Elements by Allie Pleiter on 11/13/2025 1:39:46 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader. Writers will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/8585.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../8585.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting25.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting25.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 70 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.9 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, Business and Money, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing/revision/5</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:27:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Author Learning Center</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Elements by Author Learning Center on 11/13/2025 1:27:24 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader. Writers will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/8585.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../8585.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting25.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting25.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 70 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.9 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, Business and Money, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing/revision/4</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:30:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Elements by Allie Pleiter on 12/5/2023 9:30:24 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Writers&amp;nbsp;will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/2438.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../2438.Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting23.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting23.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over&amp;nbsp;60 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.6 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: History, Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, True Crime, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing/revision/3</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:42:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Elements by Allie Pleiter on 6/23/2022 7:42:13 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Writers&amp;nbsp;will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: History, Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, True Crime, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:39:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Elements by Allie Pleiter on 6/23/2022 7:39:04 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participants will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../UsingFictionElementstoEnrichYourNonFictionWriting.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: History, Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, True Crime, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using Fiction Elements to Enrich Your Non-Fiction Writing</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:28:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1374b239-f1d1-4815-85b2-989d837d615f</guid><dc:creator>Author Learning Center</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/elements/8087/using-fiction-elements-to-enrich-your-non-fiction-writing#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Elements by Author Learning Center on 6/23/2022 6:28:59 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories have high impact. Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction&amp;mdash;dialogue, description, and characterization&amp;mdash;can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to stick with your reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participants will learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; Where and when to use dialogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;How much description is too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Creating and using case-study characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The power of storytelling in non-fiction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-74/Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Using-Fiction-Elements_5F00_Pleiter-ALC-Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: History, Self-Help, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, Biographies and Memoirs, Education and Teaching, True Crime, Politics &amp;Social Sciences&lt;/div&gt;
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