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Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Generative workshop focusing on starting new pieces or reworking old ones; includes writing in class, sharing, and mini-workshops on opening pages.
Website: https://lighthousewriters.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2026
Price:
$1,350.00
Online course
Level: Advanced
Length:
5 days
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Thanks for the Memories: How to Write Flashbacks with Frances de Pontes Peebles
Story Studio Chicago
This creative writing lecture focuses on writing effective flashbacks in fiction, exploring their purpose, timing, and impact on narrative. The course includes a 90-minute video lecture, reading excerpts, and writing exercises.
Website: https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$80.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
90 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The course covers writing engaging dialogue, character development, conflict resolution, and play formatting. It includes 49 video lectures, 39 downloadable resources, quizzes, and projects aimed at writing a completed short script.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$80.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 50 lectures
Class size: Unlimited
Write a 10 Minute Play
Udemy
A short play is a fantastic way of quickly getting your writing in front of people to entertain, inform and present your skills. Through this course, you will learn how to examine ideas to find the story and develop them into scenes.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$65.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 22 lectures
Class size: Unlimited
Focuses on mastering story elements, character development, and the Hero's Journey. If you’re a screenwriter, novelist, filmmaker, game developer or storyteller in any arena, this course will empower you to captivate your readers and audiences to achieve both artistic AND commercial success.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$95.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 39 lectures
Class size: Unlimited
A comprehensive guide to script writing, covering industry concepts, dialogue techniques, creating suspense, and writing effective scenes.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$85.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced (est. 5 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
This Screenwriting Bootcamp is a course designed to help you write an entire screenplay in just 14 days. You’ll learn how to develop compelling characters, build strong conflict, and create a screenplay that’s both engaging and marketable.
Website: https://www.udemy.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$60.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 42 lectures (est. 4 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
TV Structure for Pilot Writing
Writing Pad
This one-day clinic focuses on the fundamentals of TV pilot structure, including act breaks, arcs, and cliffhangers. It combines lectures, writing exercises, and Q&A to help students create compelling stories.
Website: https://writingpad.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
July, 2026
Price:
$99.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
1 session, 3 hours long
Class size: 25
Creating & Writing Your First TV Pilot
Write Your Story Now
The course covers the entire process of TV screenwriting, aiming to create a complete pilot episode. Key aspects include story structure, writing loglines, premises, outlines, and scripts, with peer and instructor feedback.
Website: https://writeyourstorynow.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$336.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
8 sessions
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Goal, Motivation, Conflict, and Stakes for Fiction Writers
The Loft Literary Center
This course helps writers sharpen their stories using the GMC&S framework—goal, motivation, conflict, and stakes—through a blend of lectures and writing exercises.
Website: https://loft.org/classes
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$148.00
Based in Minneapolis
Level: Any
Length:
4 weeks, 4 sessions
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Some of the best works of fiction and nonfiction were crafted in a writer's workshop. This online course will help you write your own creative piece. Like a true writing workshop, you will learn literary techniques, peer review a classmate's work, and receive constructive criticism on your work.
Website: https://www.ed2go.com/courses/writing/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$190.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced over 6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Online: Writing Short Stories
Writing NSW
This course focuses on key aspects of short-fiction craft, including character development, setting, story structure, detail usage, and revision techniques. Participants will engage in peer feedback, tutor feedback, and submit writing exercises throughout the duration.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
$465.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: 24
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
