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How to Write a Short Story
GrubStreet
This seminar focuses on developing essential short story writing skills, including character development, plot construction, pacing, and crafting impactful endings. It allows participants to explore narrative styles and helps them start their own stories through prompts.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
December, 2025
Price:
$85.00
Based in Boston
Level: Beginner
Length:
3 hours
Class size: 50 Seats Max
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
Prompt Your Passion
San Diego Writers
Mindfulness-based writing workshop using creative prompts to inspire intuitive expression and enhance self-awareness.
Website: https://writeyourstorynow.org/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
January, 2026
Price:
$34.00
Based in San Diego
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
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
The Creative Writing Project
Contemporary Arts Center
A series of workshops for adult writers of all levels, focusing on creative writing methods including poetry, nonfiction, and prose. Each series includes 5 sessions, an embossed notebook, and the opportunity to submit work to a literary magazine.
Website: https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
$100.00
Based in Cincinnati
Level: Any
Length:
4 sessions
Class size: Limited
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
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: Fiction
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
£250.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
