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!
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, Essay, Poetry, Nonfiction, Short Story, Free, and Book
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 and Free
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 and Short Story
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: Book and 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, Poetry, and Nonfiction
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: Book and 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
Literary Techniques for Speculative Fiction Workshop
Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers
This class offers a blend of lectures, discussions, and in-class writing exercises, introducing various techniques for your writing. You'll have the opportunity to apply these methods in short fiction, analyze successful pieces to understand the use of these techniques, and discuss the rationale behind the authors' choices.
Website: http://www.kittywumpus.net
Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$99.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Class size: Unlimited
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: Screenplay and Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$180.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Business Writing Essentials
The Business Writing Center
This course focuses on best practices for professional business writing. It includes three full-document writing evaluations and teaches skills such as overcoming writer's block, starting and finishing documents, guiding readers through your message, and choosing the correct business vocabulary.
Website: https://businesswriting.com/courses/
Categories: Business
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$295.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced (est. 2 months)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character
Quebec Writers' Federation
This hybrid workshop is designed to explore memoir writing, focusing on transforming personal experiences into compelling narratives. Participants will read and discuss each other's work, while also examining excerpts from notable memoirs. The workshop aims to help writers navigate the complexities of memoir writing, including the balance between fact and fiction.
Website: https://qwf.org/
Categories: Book and Memoir
Start date:
October, 2024
Price:
$180.00
Based in Montreal
Level: Any
Length:
8 weeks (1 session per week)
Class size: 12 seats max
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: Book and 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: Book and 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
