Learn How to Write a Novel, Join Tom Bromley for a writing master class.
Learn How to Write a Novel
Join Tom Bromley for a writing master class and finish your first draft in 3 months.
Each week, we will explore a new aspect of historical fiction, such as blending fact with fiction, conducting research, and turning that research into compelling scenes. For models, we’ll read and discuss craft essays and fiction by writers such as Philip Gerard, Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and more.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/encountering-the-...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2024
Price:
$265.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Class size: 13
Prerequisites: Students must have begun at least 3 chapters of a full-length memoir or 3 personal essays.
How to Write Riveting Scenes
Literary Arts
The key to any unforgettable work of prose resides in the quality of its scenes. In this class, we’ll look at some of the best scenes ever written and investigate what it takes to write a scene that keeps readers on the edges of their seats.
Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/how-to-write-riveting-sce...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2024
Price:
$95.00
Based in Portland
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
In this fun, funny four-week course, you’ll learn how to weave horror and comedy together to create a new literary something or other that maximizes both genres. Might be flash fiction, a ten-minute screenplay, a short story, a comedy sketch or an experimental combo. Creativity welcomed!
Website: https://writers.com/course/article-writing-blogging-essays
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$345.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6
(Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Hard Times Writing Workshop
Jefferson County Public Library
This workshop offers a supportive environment for adults to process life experiences through storytelling. It's a free and open weekly writing workshop.
Website: https://jeffcolibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/656ea59208...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Denver
Level: Any
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Passion for Fiction
Brave Writer
Passion for Fiction is designed for kids who can’t stop writing, or who are dying to write stories but would like a little guidance. This class is not for reluctant writers. It’s for the kids who fill their journals, write their stories, and imagine fantasies but have no audience.
Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/passion-for-fiction
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$239.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Class size: 25
Prerequisites: For writers ages 11+ who have a foundation in the Brave Writer approach to writing.
What happens when playwrights consider the audience a core part of crafting their stories? Drew Paryzer is excited to address questions with students through exercises to explore different techniques when designing a play wrapped around an audience and altered based on their participation.
Website: https://pwcenter.org/event/online-class-writing-immersive...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2024
Price:
$175.00
Online course
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Sensing the World: A Journaling Retreat
Rockvale Writer's Colony
In this all-inclusive weekend retreat, we will explore how to journal with the five senses. We will see, hear, taste, touch, and smell our environment and also bring sensory memories to the forefront as we recall instances in our lives that hold great meaning for us.
Website: https://rockvalewriterscolony.org/workshops/march-8-10-20...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2024
Price:
$425.00
Based in Nashville
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Nature Writing For Ages 11-13
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Meet us at a nearby park and learn to write about our world in a way that is both informative and engaging. We will learn to observe nature closely, choose the right words to describe what you see, and craft essays, poems, and stories that will bring nature to life.
Website: https://lighthousewriters.org/workshop/nature-writing-age...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$270.00
Based in Denver
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Bringing Characters to Life
Writing NSW
This 2-week online workshop facilitates writing ‘literary trauma testimony’ – writing that uses creative strategies to testify to traumatic experience. It features close readings of selected texts and explores the ethics and potential dangers of writing trauma.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/online-writing...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2024
Price:
$410.00
Based in Sydney
Level: Beginner
Class size: 20
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Rethinking Narrative Structure
Bluestoop
In “Rethinking Narrative Structure” we will analyze the concept of narrative structure as well as its paradigms as a way to develop your own narrative structures, honing and amplifying your narrative voice.
Website: https://www.bluestoop.org/classes/ashley-bach-rethinking-...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
May, 2024
Price:
$65.00
Based in Philadelphia
Level: Any
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Most writers find themselves down the rabbit hole looking for information in all the wrong places. Precious writing time gets lost as the search becomes unwieldy and frustrating. In this class, students will learn how to identify and use appropriate online databases that are not necessarily discoverable by Google.
Website: https://loft.org/classes/beyond-google-research-strategie...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2024
Price:
$74.00
Based in Minneapolis
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Novel in Progress
GrubStreet
In class, we will do writing exercises, discuss craft issues (characterization, plot, point of view, etc.), analyze excerpts from published novels, and read scenes from our own work, providing guidance and feedback in an environment that recognizes the specific challenges of the novel in progress.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/novel-in-progress...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2024
Price:
$540.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 25
Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.
