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6 Weeks, 6 Essays
GrubStreet
In this fun, intensive class, over the course of six weeks, writers will produce six short essays (between 500 and 1,000 words each). Each week we will look at model essays, and students will respond to prompts based on the works we have read.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/6-weeks-6-essays-summer-2...
Categories: Essay and Nonfiction
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$390.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 25
Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.
Intro to Writing for TV (On-demand)
Second City
This course is for anyone who wants to learn the essence of writing for television or anyone with a great idea for a series who needs help putting it into words. You’ll learn about the language of TV writing, the importance of deadlines, and unique qualities of a televised story.
Website: https://www.secondcity.com/classes/chicago/intro-writing-...
Categories: Fiction and Screenplay
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$225.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Thrills & Chills: Horror Story Writing With Nino Cipri
Atlas Obscura
Trace the roots of the horror genre and begin crafting a story of your own. In this seminar, award-winning author and lifelong horror fan Nino Cipri will guide students through the process of writing horror, from generating ideas to the final revision and submission process.
Website: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/horror-writing-c...
Categories: Book, Fiction, and Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$225.00
Online course
Level: Any
Class size: 30
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Crafting Your Life into Story
The Writer's Center
Learn how to identify several pivotal events of your life and shape one of them into a work of fiction or non-fiction. Following a tried-and-true formula, you will learn how to identify, begin, and structure an autobiographical story, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Website: https://writer.org/event/crafting-your-life-into-story/
Categories: Essay, Memoir, Nonfiction, Book, Fiction, and Short Story
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$100.00
Based in Washington
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
How to Write A Grant Proposal
The Writer's Center
Learn how to write proposals to request grants from funders. This workshop will cover how to research prospective funders, the elements of a good proposal, and how to approach funders.
Website: https://writer.org/event/how-to-write-a-grant-proposal-2/
Categories: Nonfiction and Technical
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$200.00
Based in Washington
Level: Beginner
Length:
8
(Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Plot Like a Pro
The Writer's Center
Understanding how to structure a well-conceived story around a main character and central conflict, while paying attention to pacing, can make the difference between a finished, publishable manuscript and an abandoned work-in-progress. Think you can’t plot? Join us for this course, and we’ll show you how!
Website: https://writer.org/event/plot-like-a-pro-2/
Categories: Book, Fiction, and Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$50.00
Based in Washington
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Intro to Fiction
GrubStreet
Over six weeks, you will learn the essentials of fiction and put them into practice by starting to write your own short stories. Each week will focus on a different aspect of fiction––such as character, dialogue, setting, and more––and explore it through published short stories.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/intro-to-fiction-su24-2
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$375.00
Online course
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Developing Your Short Fiction
GrubStreet
In this course, we'll learn and practice the tried-and-true elements of fiction—style, voice, character, narrative, dialogue, point of view, and revision—with an emphasis on the short story form. Classes will include discussions on various elements of craft and close readings of essays on writing and published stories.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/developing-your-s...
Categories: Fiction and Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$560.00
Based in Boston
Level: Intermediate
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Find Your Voice in Fiction
GrubStreet
In this class, we’ll discuss strategies for developing and implementing an engaging voice to carry a compelling story. We’ll cover the importance of point-of-view and its relationship to voice in fiction.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/seminar/find-your-voice-in-fiction...
Categories: Book, Fiction, and Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$75.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: Come prepared to write, and bring a brief one to two paragraph description of your project.
Jumpstart Your Memoir (In Person: Seaport)
GrubStreet
This course has a very clear mission: to get you started on your memoir. Through a series of targeted writing exercises, we will explore the terrain of memoir writing: mining for material, constructing settings, finding emotional stakes and turning points, and looking for connecting threads to identify your overarching theme.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/jumpstart-your-memoir-su2...
Categories: Book and Memoir
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$360.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Far Out: World-Building in Short Stories
GrubStreet
In this class, we’re exploring the art of inventing new worlds in the small space that is the short story. We’ll experiment with different tools for developing speculative worlds, whether they be sci-fi, fantasy, surrealism, magical realism, horror, or otherwise
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/far-out-world-building-in...
Categories: Fiction and Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$360.00
Based in Boston
Level: Intermediate
Class size: 10
Prerequisites: Please come to the first class with a copy of "an elevator pitch" for your memoir.
Developing Video Game Narratives
UCLA Extension
Writing for games requires an understanding of structure that goes beyond linear storytelling. In this course, you will explore the nature of interactive stories by working in different formats (choose your own adventure, virtual novels, the Telltale style, etc.) and writing games that exemplify the fundamental concepts of branching narrative.
Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu/writing-journalism/screenwr...
Categories: Screenplay and Fiction
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$720.00
Online course
