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Georgetown University
Transform your dreams, ideas, and stories into organized, compelling, creative written works with lectures by renowned literary figures from around the D.C. area, dynamic courses with Georgetown graduate student instructors, and insightful, productive feedback from your peers.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Poetry, Short Story, Essay
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Price: $3,225.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS07/creative-wri...
The Writer's Center
Join us for six months of craft lessons, workshops, editor visits, and personal editorial feedback! This small and inclusive class meets weekly, alternating between live Zoom sessions and asynchronous lessons, with the goal of creating an intimate, writer-based community of essayists who learn and grow together.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Essay
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Price: $2,500.00
Start date: January, 2023
Website: https://www.writer.org/event/personal-essays-intensive/
Story District
In this introductory multi-week class (online or in-person), Story District’s master teachers guide you through the philosophy and process of turning your life experiences into unforgettable true stories. Finish the class with a bang by joining your classmates in a final performance for friends and family.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Memoir
Level: Beginner
Course length: 4 sessions (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $475.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://www.storydistrict.org/enroll
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DC Improv Comedy School
Through hands-on training with instructor Chris Coccia, you'll learn how to prepare, polish and perform a five-minute stand-up comedy set. Lots of people have dreamed about giving stand-up comedy a try. This class gives you the structured environment that will finally get you on stage.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Comedy
Level: Any
Course length: 4 sessions (3.5 hours)
Class size: 14
Price: $425.00
Start date: Open all year round
The Writer's Center
What makes a story fresh? Contemporary? Stand out? Publishable? We’ll examine a series of contemporary stories to answer these questions and discover lessons on craft, style, and theme to apply to our own writing.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Any
Course length: 8 sessions (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $360.00
Start date: Open all year round
The Writer's Center
Are you serious about writing a novel but struggling? This intermediate course will examine the eight fundamental elements of the novel to help you find the strengths and weaknesses of your work-in-progress. From Concept to Conclusion, we will study the key components of a novel, with generative and evaluative exercises along the way.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Beginner
Course length: Est. 8 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)
Class size: Limited
Price: $360.00
Start date: March, 2023
The Writer's Center
Can’t find the time/energy/inspiration to get your novel written? This popular course, developed by the author of the book by the same name, will help you complete a rough draft in just eight weeks. Participants receive the encouraging guidance of professional writing coach Kathryn Johnson.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Any
Course length: 8 sessions (2.5 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $345.00
Start date: Open all year round
The Writer's Center
Do you have an idea for a great nonfiction book? This workshop takes a strategic approach to nailing down the concept and producing a publishing-quality manuscript best positioned for success. Participants will examine each book idea or manuscript, its narrative structure, writing and research challenges, and plan for getting the job done.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Memoir
Level: Beginner
Course length: 7 sessions (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $290.00
Start date: Open all year round
The Writer's Center
Have you written a story or novel, and you’re unsure of what to do next? Do you feel your story is missing something, and you can’t figure out what that something is? In this workshop-style course, you will learn how to polish your short stories or novel excerpts and take them to the next level.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Any
Course length: 6 sessions (1.5 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $270.00
Start date: August, 2023
The Writer's Center
This workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. We’ll go all the way from getting the nub of an idea to learning how to get your book into the hands of expectant fans. Along the way you’ll learn how to stay organized, write in the voice of the opposite sex, and how to overcome your writing and marketing fears.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Beginner
Course length: 6 sessions (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $270.00
Start date: February, 2023
The Writer's Center
Whether you are an organized planner or a writer who flies by the seat of their pants, a novel still needs structure. In this four-week asynchronous workshop, participants will study the architecture of a novel and devise plans for plotting their novels. Required text: Hooked by Les Edgerton and Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Any
Course length: Est. 4 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)
Class size: Limited
Price: $195.00
Start date: Open all year round
The Writer's Center
When writing a novel, we must know our primary characters inside and out. We need to understand their desires, motivations, and frustrations, their histories and their futures. This workshop will focus on the development of authentic characters.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: Washington
Categories: Book, Fiction
Level: Any
Course length: Est. 4 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)
Class size: Limited
Price: $195.00
Start date: Open all year round
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