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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!
This four-week online workshop focuses on revision strategies addressing manuscript conflict and stakes. Participants share challenges and receive feedback on sample pages, refining their narrative craft.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/
Categories: Book and Memoir
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$370.00
Online course
Level: Advanced
Length:
4 weeks
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
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, Book, Memoir, and Nonfiction
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: 50 seats max
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This seminar focuses on helping authors navigate the complexities of book marketing and publicity. It covers the pros and cons of various marketing methods from an author's perspective, alongside DIY strategies.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class
Categories: Publishing
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
1 session (1.5 hours)
Class size: 50 seats max
This class focuses on using spreadsheets for revising manuscripts, helping writers analyze plot, themes, and pacing efficiently.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class
Categories: Book and Publishing
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 session (1.5 hours)
Class size: 50 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 and Short Story
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.
What Agents Want From Your Query
GrubStreet
This course covers core components of query letters and strategies for successful pitches. Includes real-life examples and common pitfalls.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class/
Categories: Publishing
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$55.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: 50 seats max
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course equips writers with practical tools and knowledge for submitting work to contests, journals, and small presses. It covers the entire publishing process, including journal selection, cover letter writing, and manuscript formatting, emphasizing the importance of handling rejections.
Website: https://www.writingsalons.com/event/submit-repeat-publish...
Categories: Publishing
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$105.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 class, 3 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
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 and Short Story
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
Picture Book Biographies II: Creating a Standout with Rob Sanders
The Writing Barn
This online course focuses on components of successful picture book biographies. Students will learn to write with accuracy, identify core themes, and enhance their manuscripts through peer reviews and mini-craft lessons.
Website: https://thewritingbarn.com/class/picture-book-biographies...
Categories: Nonfiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$412.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
6 sessions over 6 weeks, every Monday from June 9 to July 14, 2025.
Class size: Limited
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: Publishing and Fiction
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
$620.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
12 weeks, 12 sessions
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
