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82 Best Free Creative Writing Classes in 2023

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This directory of creative writing courses will help you find the right class for you. Simply filter by genre, price, and location to find the writing class that best fits your needs.

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Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop

California Institute of the Arts

Created by California Institute of the Arts, this course is a poetic voyage. It offers immersive workshops that sharpen poetic visions, guiding learners through the creation and refinement of evocative poetry.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Free

Level: Beginner

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.coursera.org/learn/poetry-workshop

Legally Blogs

Blogging for New Bloggers

Dive into the legal side of blogging with the free "Legally Blogs" course, tailored for bloggers and online entrepreneurs. This course offers immediate insights into legal requisites, covering topics from LLCs to copyright, GDPR, and more. Enroll to kick-start your compliance journey, safeguarding your blog against lawsuits and fines. It's a limited-time opportunity to shield your blog legally without a price tag.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Free

Level: Beginner

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://school.bloggingfornewbloggers.com/p/legally-blogs...

Write Club

Austin Public Library

Dive into the realm of storytelling with Austin Public Library's writing workshops. Featuring sessions like 'Write with Spike: Writing Workshops with Spike Gillespie,' this series welcomes all, with a special 2-hour session on December 5, 2023. Explore writing basics across genres in a supportive community, with no prerequisites required, making it an accessible literary venture

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Austin

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://library.austintexas.gov/events/writing

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Blogging for Business

Ahrefs

Embark on a comprehensive learning journey with Ahrefs' "Blogging for Business" course. This free course, structured in 11 modules with 40 lessons spanning 4 hours and 50 minutes, meticulously guides you on how to skyrocket your blog's traffic beyond 100,000 visitors and effectively transform those readers into loyal customers.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://ahrefs.com/academy/blogging-for-business

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Graphic-novelize your Life!

GrubStreet

In this workshop, you’ll get practice turning your angst—or joys—into an engrossing comic. You’re invited to bring your favorite autobiographical comics in for inspiration for yourself and others or peruse the work of cartoonists that the instructor—a Scholastic graphic novelist—loves.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Truth in Fiction: Writing Yourself on Screen

GrubStreet

In this class students will learn the basics of screenwriting: format, scene structure, and the elements of a scene. We will be watching some examples to enhance our understanding of some of these basic elements as well as go over the basic plot structure of a feature length film. Get ready for a jam packed workshop with a lot of prompted free-writing to get ideas generated and to get you more comfortable with the format of screenwriting.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: December, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

WDtS Grove Hall: Writing About Your Neighborhood

GrubStreet

This drop-in will help writers call upon their own experience of living in vibrant communities. We'll talk about how to write about our neighbors, community members, family and friends in ways that show nuance and love, while also bringing others (our readers) into our worlds by providing specific details and observations from our unique perspectives. This session is for writers of all levels of experience-- for poets, writers of fiction, and nonfiction alike!

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 30

Price: Free

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/wdts-grove-hall-w...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Healing Through Words: A Poetry Workshop for Wellness

GrubStreet

Join our nurturing and therapeutic poetry workshop designed to explore the profound connection between writing and wellness. In this class, we will embark on a journey of self-expression and healing through the art of poetry.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Publishing Your Passion With L'Ve Hall

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

Whether you're a beginner writer or a seasoned author, the world of self-publishing is fraught with challenges. How do you turn your hobby of writing into publication? L'Ve Hall, author of the Mine Love series, knows every step of the writing process, from inception to publication.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Las Vegas

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/events/64c59958c9afc12f0...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Intro to Poetry: For Poets Who Don't Realize They Are Poets

GrubStreet

Do you have a love for metaphors and similes? Do you find yourself writing poems or lyrics in your journal that you often keep to yourself? If you've answered "yes" to at least one of those questions then you are a poet. Join this workshop to demystify the art of poetry.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: December, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Ghoul School: Writing Stories That Haunt

GrubStreet

The ghost story is one of the oldest and most powerful literary traditions—with the earliest depiction of a ghost dating back to a stone tablet from 1500 B.C.E. Babylon. What gives such stories such a powerful hold on readers? And what separates the successful ghost story that lingers in the readers' minds from one that merely features rattling chains and bumps in the night? In this course, we will explore a very brief history of the ghost story, discuss its conventions (and how writers have resisted such conventions), and practice writing micro-scenes that might serve for the start of your own work within this esteemed genre. This course will be useful for writers of any genre, but especially writers of short horror fiction.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Playwriting with Complex Female Characters

GrubStreet

Throughout history, strong female characters have been written as one-dimensional or as an archetype. It was a revolutionary act to write a complex woman. In this workshop, we will pay homage to our favorite complex women written in plays by using them to inspire our female characters.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Free

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

How to choose a free creative writing class

Looking to build your writing skillset, learn more about your genre, or finally finish that book you’ve been working on? You’re in the right place. That’s why we built this directory of the best creative writing courses.

However, creative writing classes aren’t one size fit all. If you’re planning to join a free writing class in particular, you’ll want to make sure that it matches what you’re seeking to learn about creative writing.

So make sure to consider the following questions when you’re researching free writing courses:

Who is the instructor? How many years of experience do they have in creative writing?
Is there something in particular you’d like to learn about creative writing? Does this course include it?
How long is the course, and where is it taught?
Are there any hidden fees advertised in this free creative writing class?