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Learn How to Write a Novel
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Learn to create engaging content that aligns with your brand's values and the buyer's journey. Develop comprehensive content plans, optimize for search engines, and promote effectively.
Website: https://academy.hubspot.com/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 4 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Finding Your Voice as a Playwright
University of Cambridge
The course focuses on developing a playwright's creative practice, transferable writing skills, and understanding the professional landscape of dramatism. It includes writing exercises and the creation of scenes and characters.
Website: https://www.edx.org/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$299.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
4 weeks, with an expected commitment of 8-10 hours per week.
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: Some prior experience in writing is required.
Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop
California Institute of the Arts
The course focuses on writing poetry through a variety of exercises, peer feedback, and discussions. It encourages students to explore their personal voice and covers poetry techniques like line breaks, imagery, metaphor, and rhythm.
Website: https://www.coursera.org/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 10 hours total
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Blogging for Business
Ahrefs
Free course teaching how to start and grow a blog beyond 100,000 visitors, focusing on converting readers into customers. Covers blogging strategy, content marketing, SEO, article optimization, and promotion techniques.
Website: https://ahrefs.com/academy/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 5 hours to complete
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Free Travel Writing Course
Women on the Road
The course includes six lessons focusing on techniques for travel writing, storytelling angles, and how to appeal to editors. It emphasizes practical skills for selling stories and includes insights from decades of experience in journalism.
Website: https://www.women-on-the-road.com
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
Self-paced over 6 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Led by Mary Karr, this course focuses on writing memoirs with practical exercises, emphasizing sensory details and developing a unique voice. It includes memory-focused writing exercises and discussions on the challenges of memoir writing.
Website: https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 9 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
The course focuses on principles and guidelines for creating unique worlds and characters in science fiction and fantasy writing, employing classic works as examples.
Website: https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 12 lessons.
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches how to create authentic characters through exercises, prompts, and techniques. It covers defining goals, motivations, and conflicts for characters, as well as character attributes and conducting character interviews.
Website: https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 8 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course teaches writers essential steps to establish a productive writing habit, emphasizing the importance of creating a dedicated writing space, finding the right medium, reading inspiring works, setting personal conditions for writing, maintaining a routine, and sketching for inspiration.
Website: https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 9 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course covers the fundamentals of storytelling, focusing on the 4 C's: character, conflict, context, and craft. It includes bite-sized lessons and tools to develop your own story.
Website: https://www.skillshare.com/classes/
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced over 9 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Flash Nonfiction: Writing About Your Life
Kansas City Public Library
This course teaches how to transform everyday experiences into compelling narratives using creative nonfiction techniques.
Website: https://kclibrary.org/
Categories: Free
Start date:
January, 2026
Price:
Free
Based in Kansas City
Level: Any
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: Up to 8 spaces per registration
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Tech Writing for Accessibility
Google Developers
This course teaches how to make documentation and websites more accessible, focusing on inclusive design principles, writing helpful alt text for diagrams, and checking color contrast. It includes hands-on exercises and class discussions.
Website: https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/accessibility
Categories: Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced,est. 1.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
