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Poetry Basics: Writing Sestinas
The Loft Literary Center
This course teaches the sestina poetic form, focusing on repetition, diction, and description. Participants will brainstorm ideas, learn the 'rules,' and analyze successful sestinas, with guidance for starting their own.
Website: https://loft.org/classes/poetry-basics-writing-sestinas
Categories: Poetry
Start date:
August, 2025
Price:
$56.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Developing Video Game Narratives
UCLA Extension
The course teaches plotting and executing branching narratives for video games, writing in different interactive genres, and building a portfolio. It focuses on understanding non-linear storytelling and developing a vocabulary for interactive fiction.
Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu/
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$720.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
10 weeks
Class size: 15
Finding Your Voice
Writing Workshops
This course is designed to help writers discover and refine their unique voice through various writing exercises and feedback. It focuses on facilitating personal expression and developing a distinctive style.
Website: https://writingworkshops.com/
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$299.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Intro to Flash Nonfiction Workshop
Attic Institute
This workshop focuses on flash nonfiction, a compressed form of true-to-life writing. Participants read exemplary works, develop new pieces, and workshop their writing with peers, aiming to submit for publication.
Website: https://atticinstitute.com/
Categories: Fiction and Nonfiction
Start date:
May, 2025
Price:
$275.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
5 weeks
Class size: 16
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Simply Writing Online
Amsterdam Writing Workshops
The course focuses on making writing a more natural process, providing guidelines for beginners and productivity tips for those already writing. Participants will create a personal writing plan, learn techniques for drafting, and receive a curated book list and professional writing techniques.
Website: https://www.amsterdamwriting.com/workshops
Categories: Book, Fiction, and Nonfiction
Start date:
July, 2025
Price:
€150.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
2 days (4 hours per day)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing Memoir
Writing NSW
This course includes weekly discussions, writing exercises, peer feedback, and limited tutor feedback. Key topics cover memoir introduction, writing techniques, ethical issues, and editing. Price in AUD.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/online-writing...
Categories: Memoir and Nonfiction
Start date:
August, 2025
Price:
$690.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
In this course, participants will examine folk horror tropes in Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR through screenplay scenes and film clips. Includes generative writing prompts for creating spring horror stories. Ideal for screenwriters, playwrights, and prose writers.
Website: https://www.porchtn.org/class/dread-in-bloom-dissecting-f...
Categories: Fiction
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$51.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
1 session, 2 hours
The Librarian's Guide to Finding Comps
The Porch
This workshop teaches how to use library tools to find comparative titles, known as comps, essential for pitching books to agents. It includes hands-on exercises and a Q&A session.
Website: https://www.porchtn.org/class/the-librarians-guide-to-fin...
Categories: Publishing
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$51.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
1 session, 2 hours
Class size: Unlimited
The Magic of the Prose Poem
The Porch
This class explores the prose poem, encouraging fiction writers and poets to break from traditional structures. Participants read exemplary prose poems and write their own, with options for group sharing.
Website: https://www.porchtn.org/class/the-magic-of-the-prose-poem
Categories: Poetry
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$51.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
2 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Monster Mash: The Poetry of Monsterhood
The Porch
This course explores the concept of monstrosity in poetry, encouraging participants to craft poems that challenge social narratives and embrace self-determination.
Website: https://www.porchtn.org/class/monster-mash-the-poetry-of-...
Categories: Poetry
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$60.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
2 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: None specified, open to all writers needing a headshot.
Self-Production Boot Camp
Play Penn
This course focuses on teaching playwrights how to produce their own works, covering essentials like budgeting, scheduling, and marketing. It includes a mix of fundamental producing concepts and a supportive community of classmates.
Website: https://www.playpenn.org/class-registration/?eid=11986
Categories: Fiction and Playwriting
Start date:
April, 2025
Price:
$300.00
Online course
Level: Intermediate
Length:
10 sessions over 10 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: Participants should have a polished script ready for production and a desire to learn self-production techniques.
This course equips writers with practical tools and knowledge for submitting work to contests, journals, and small presses. It covers the entire publishing process, including journal selection, cover letter writing, and manuscript formatting, emphasizing the importance of handling rejections.
Website: https://www.writingsalons.com/event/submit-repeat-publish...
Categories: Publishing
Start date:
June, 2025
Price:
$105.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 class, 3 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
