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Learn How to Write a Novel, Join Tom Bromley for a writing master class.
Learn How to Write a Novel
Finish your draft in our 3-month master class. Enroll now for daily lessons, weekly critique, and live events. Your first lesson is free!
In this course, participants will examine folk horror tropes in Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR through screenplay scenes and film clips. Includes generative writing prompts for creating spring horror stories. Ideal for screenwriters, playwrights, and prose writers.
Website: https://www.porchtn.org/class/dread-in-bloom-dissecting-f...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$51.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
1 session, 2 hours
Self-Production Boot Camp
Play Penn
This course focuses on teaching playwrights how to produce their own works, covering essentials like budgeting, scheduling, and marketing. It includes a mix of fundamental producing concepts and a supportive community of classmates.
Website: https://www.playpenn.org/class-registration/?eid=11986
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
$300.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
10 sessions over 10 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: Participants should have a polished script ready for production and a desire to learn self-production techniques.
The course focuses on crafting compelling opening lines and paragraphs for novels, memoirs, and non-fiction. It involves analyzing acclaimed examples and provides feedback on participants' own work.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: 50 seats max
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Novel Incubator 2025-2026
GrubStreet
This course provides a supportive and accelerated dive into novel writing with a small group of ten writers. It includes manuscript revision, knowledge strengthening about the novel form, and introductions to the publishing world through guest speakers.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$8,955.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Length:
12 months
Class size: 10 seats max
Advanced Fiction Workshop
GrubStreet
This intensive workshop is designed for serious writers looking to polish or complete short fiction pieces. The course includes peer workshops and in-depth discussions of craft elements such as dialogue, point of view, and voice.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$770.00
Online course
Level: Advanced
Length:
10 weeks, 1 session per week
Class size: 9 seats max
Prerequisites: Students must have taken previous fiction workshops at GrubStreet or elsewhere.
The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop
University of California, San Diego
An intensive six-week summer workshop focused on writing fantasy and science fiction short stories, featuring critiques, lectures, and mentorship from distinguished faculty.
Website: http://clarion.ucsd.edu/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$6,000.00
Based in San Diego
Level: Intermediate
Length:
6 weeks; June 29 – August 9, 2025
Class size: 18 students max
Prerequisites: Applicants must submit two short stories with their application.
Writing the Mystery Novel
Writer's Digest University
The course allows participants to create a new mystery or refine an existing story with feedback from a published author. It includes six sessions covering various aspects of mystery writing, including genre discussion, setting, character development, plotting, clue planting, and manuscript submission.
Website: https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/writing-the-...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$330.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: None
Clarion West Flash Fiction Group
Clarion West
The course includes writing and submitting a flash fiction story each week, learning various critique methods, and receiving guidance in a supportive environment. Participants engage in small writing groups, weekly video lectures by Brian Evenson, and have opportunities for critiques of their work.
Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/p/2025-ffg
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$66.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
4 weeks, 4 stories
Class size: 8
Writing the Thriller Novel
Writer's Digest University
A six-week course focusing on structural elements that create successful thrillers, building conflict and suspense, with in-depth lectures and personalized feedback.
Website: https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/writing-the-...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2025
Price:
$399.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
6 weeks, 6 sessions
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The First Fifty Pages: Fiction Intensive
Literary Arts
Participants develop ideas into long stories or the first 50 pages of a novel, focusing on character, plot, and narrative structure. Includes thoughtful feedback and a one-on-one meeting with the instructor.
Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/the-first-fifty-pages-fic...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
$620.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
12 weeks, 12 sessions
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Character Building: How to Breathe Life into Your Characters
Kansas City Public Library
This course focuses on bringing characters to life through dialogue, description, and action. Participants will read expert examples and write their own scenes.
Website: https://kclibrary.org/calendar/character-building-how-bre...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
Free
Based in Kansas City
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The Magic of Poetry
Kansas City Public Library
This course explores the intricate nature of poetry, emphasizing subconsciousness, intuition, and emotion. Participants will read works by poets such as Arthur Rimbaud and Mary Oliver.
Website: https://kclibrary.org/calendar/magic-poetry-2
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
Free
Based in Kansas City
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
