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A comprehensive and unique visual approach on how to create professional level screenplays taught by an award-winning writer of hit television series and movies. Turn your idea into a screenplay that can actually sell.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$85.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 14 lectures (est. 4 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
Write Club
Austin Public Library
Write Club offers an opportunity for writers to build community through shared prompts and exercises. Participants write and share their work in a supportive environment.
Website: https://library.austintexas.gov/events/writing
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Austin
Level: Any
Length:
Weekly sessions (1 hour each)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Hard Times Writing Workshop
Jefferson County Public Library
A supportive and free writing workshop focused on storytelling, navigating life experiences, and fostering connections among writers.
Website: https://jeffcolibrary.bibliocommons.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Denver
Level: Any
Length:
Weekly workshops (2 hours each)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Developing Your Short Fiction
GrubStreet
This course focuses on advancing mid-stage projects through the elements of fiction, including style, voice, character, narrative, dialogue, and revision. Participants engage in discussions, close readings, and workshops, writing and revising two complete stories (up to 25 pages each) with detailed feedback.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
October, 2024
Price:
$560.00
Based in Boston
Level: Intermediate
Length:
8 weeks (one 3-hour session per week)
Class size: 12 seats max
Deep Revision with Katey Schultz
Story Studio Chicago
This four-session workshop empowers writers with revision techniques applicable to memoir, essays, flash, short stories, or novels. It covers thematic, sentence-level, and structural revision, providing practical feedback using participants' works.
Website: https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$280.00
Based in Chicago
Level: Intermediate
Length:
4 sessions
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing In Color Fest: Your Plot and Your Story
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
The course explores the distinction between plot and story through in-class writing exercises, examples from literature, and focuses on both external events and character growth. It is part of a festival aimed at supporting BIPOC writers.
Website: https://lighthousewriters.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$85.00
Based in Denver
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing Fight Scenes
GrubStreet
A three-hour seminar focusing on the craft of writing compelling fight scenes in fiction. Attendees will engage in discussions and practical writing exercises, drawing on examples from notable authors.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$85.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (3 hours)
Class size: 12 seats max
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
World Building: Crafting Screenplays Readers Can Step Into
Screenwriters University
This course will offer specific tips for creating and implementing advice on building the world of your screenplay. This class also covers research advice and tips, strengthening visual storytelling in action paragraphs, developing and implementing settings, examining character and plot conflict as it relates to your settings, and genre consistency.
Website: https://www.screenwritersuniversity.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$180.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Starting to Write Your Novel
Curtis Brown Creative
This course helps develop your novel from the ground up, including idea generation, plotting, and crafting a confident opening. It features six modules with videos and notes by Anna Davis, covering topics like inspiration, character development, and writing a first chapter. The course offers weekly writing tasks, additional resources, and professional feedback, designed for flexible learning with a recommended four hours per week. Anna Davis, the course instructor, is an experienced novelist and the founder of Curtis Brown Creative.
Website: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
£220.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course focuses on developing character and dialogue skills, guiding participants to create realistic characters and engaging dialogues that drive narratives. It emphasizes understanding the relationship between character and dialogue, and the influence of setting on character motivation.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$210.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Approximately 6 hours of self-paced work, with no live meetings.
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Short Story Fundamentals
Writer's Digest University
This course caters to both beginners and seasoned writers, offering a comprehensive exploration of the short story medium. It covers the structure of short stories and addresses common challenges writers face, providing valuable insights for crafting compelling narratives.
Website: https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$250.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 month
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Developing Video Game Narratives
UCLA Extension
Writing for games requires an understanding of structure that goes beyond linear storytelling. In this course, you will explore the nature of interactive stories by working in different formats (choose your own adventure, virtual novels, the Telltale style, etc.) and writing games that exemplify the fundamental concepts of branching narrative.
Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$720.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
12 weeks
