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30-Day Outline Your Story
L.A. Writers' Lab
This immersive workshop focuses on mastering story structure through lectures, exercises, and film analysis. It emphasizes unlocking protagonists' transformations and building compelling narratives.
Website: https://lawriterslab.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
October, 2024
Price:
$400.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
10 hours over 5 sessions
Class size: 10 available spots
Introduction to Screenwriting
UCLA Extension
A six-week course covering aspects of writing for various media, including film, television, and comics. It includes guest lectures, workshops, and focuses on script-based storytelling elements.
Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$485.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: 15
Who Are You As A Writer?
Clarion West
The course helps writers identify their core strengths, themes, and narrative building blocks through various exercises. It focuses on understanding what makes each writer unique, promoting idea generation that leverages individual strengths.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$35.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced, est. 30 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Straddling Literary and Speculative Markets
Clarion West
This course focuses on submission practices for literary and speculative markets, covering differences, expectations, and tips for submissions, along with grant applications and artist statements.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$75.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced, est. 100 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Intro to Art Briefs
Clarion West
The course provides tools to effectively communicate with artists for book cover design, including formatting art briefs and understanding artist selection.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$35.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 60 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Using the Folklorist's Toolkit
Clarion West
This course explores the use of folkloric concepts and narratives in storytelling, focusing on Ukrainian folklore and engaging with colonial legacies in folklore usage. It includes exercises on worldbuilding and plot structuring based on traditional narrative techniques.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$75.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
Self-paced, est. 120 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Rabbit Holes and Labyrinths: Research for Writers
Clarion West
The focus of this course is on basic and advanced research techniques for writers, covering topics like distinguishing primary and secondary research, assessing information, and specialized databases.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$35.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced, est. 60 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Making Meaningful Monsters
Clarion West
This course covers an in-depth exploration of monsters in horror writing, focusing on their real-world connections and symbolism. Includes tips for creating unique non-human characters.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$35.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
Self-paced, est. 50 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
The Rule of Three
Clarion West
This course is an in-depth examination of writing trilogies, covering structure, planning, and common pitfalls. The course includes video lectures and an individual exercise.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$75.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
Self-paced, est. 80 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: Intermediate to advanced writing level; suitable for writers considering or working on a trilogy
Realistic Religions for Speculative Fiction
Clarion West
This course covers the creation of believable religions, focusing on the lived experiences of followers rather than just deities and myths. It includes recorded lectures from a live class.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 60 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Core Concepts in Worldbuilding
Clarion West
The focus of this class is on core techniques of worldbuilding to create vibrant settings. Covers geography, history, culture, and includes engaging activities.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session, 75 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
This generative class encourages writers to repurpose old drafts into new pieces. It includes exercises to inspire recycling and reinventing former works rather than merely revising them.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$85.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Length:
One session, 3 hours long
Class size: 12 seats maximum
