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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 3-hour in-person fiction intensive focuses on developing authentic dialogue and vocabulary for immersive worldbuilding, inspired by authors like N. K. Jemisin and J.R.R. Tolkien. It includes close readings and linguistic experiments to enhance world creation.
Website: https://www.bluestoop.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
3 hours
Class size: 15
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Three-Day Critique Workshop
Cascade Writers
The workshop includes group critique sessions, plus sessions on pitching to agents and various craft topics. Optional social events are also provided.
Website: https://cascadewriters.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
July, 2026
Price:
$305.00
Based in Washington
Level: Intermediate
Length:
4 days
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Participants should submit their work six weeks in advance via Discord.
Advanced Short Story Workshop
Literary Arts
The workshop focuses on reading, discussing, and critiquing short stories. It includes writing prompts, discussions on craft, and emphasizes revision techniques, helping writers refine their skills.
Website: https://literary-arts.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$445.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
8 weeks, 8 sessions
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Participants should have two completed short stories ready for workshop, with each story being up to roughly 20 pages.
Writing Queer Resistance Through Flash Fiction
The Loft Literary Center
This course focuses on queer resistance through flash fiction, involving reading, discussion, and writing prompts. Students will explore stories by queer and trans writers, craft their own, and reflect on their writing experiences.
Website: https://loft.org/classes/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$53.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
That Sinking Feeling: Writing Dread
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
A three-hour course examining how to create suspense and unease in writing, focusing on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O’Connor, and Alice Munro.
Website: https://lighthousewriters.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
February, 2026
Price:
$100.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
3 hours
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing Romantic & Commercial Fiction
Curtis Brown Creative
The course offers live Zoom sessions, peer workshops, and one-to-one tutorials. It focuses on character development, emotional depth, and genre conventions. Students receive feedback on their work and access to a masterclass with a literary agent.
Website: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
May, 2026
Price:
£990.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
9 weeks
Class size: 15
Prerequisites: Participants should have an idea for their book and have started writing early chapters.
Master Fiction Writing
Sackett Street Writers
This is an advanced, selective workshop aimed at writers preparing their work for publication, with a strong focus on peer feedback, instructor comments, and private conferences.
Website: https://sackettworkshop.com/writing/schedule/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$1,150.00
Online course
Level: Advanced
Length:
8 weeks (1 session per week)
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Writing experience and prior participation in writing workshops.
Poetry for the End of the World
The Writer's Center
The course explores ancient and contemporary end-times poems to inspire personal poetic responses, encouraging participants to create 2-3 new poems.
Website: https://writer.org/event/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
$60.00
Based in Washington
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 session, 2 hours
Class size: 15
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
5 Ways to Start a Story - A Creative Writing Masterclass
October K Santerelli
This course teaches five different ways to engage readers from the very first line using prime examples from various categories.
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
February, 2026
Price:
$10.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 hour
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The course covers strategies for writing effective science fiction short stories, techniques for story conception, and methods to enter and win writing competitions.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$45.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 1 hour
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
How to Write Space Opera
Udemy
1 hour on-demand video, assignments, 4 downloadable resources, mobile and TV access, full lifetime access, certificate of completion.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$45.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced, est. 1 hour
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Character Building Workshop
The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers
This course helps writers create engaging characters through exercises and annotated examples. It covers character creation techniques for both short stories and novels.
Website: https://catrambo.teachable.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$29.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
