Writing Classes in Online

Working on a gripping memoir, nonfiction book, or novel but have no clue how to land an agent or contract? Associate Editor at Little, Brown and Co, Nicky Guerreiro can help make your dream of publishing your book a reality! In this seven-week Online Book Proposal Class, She’ll help you present and shape your book so it’s the project that everyone...

You have so many stories inside of you, and you are burning to tell them. But how do you get from inspiration to aired segment? In this Los Angeles Freelance Journalism Class, successful radio journalist David Weinberg (99 pi, Radiolab, KCRW) will take you through the paces of the freelance podcast life. You’ll learn how to pitch to editors, keep...

In this marketing and publishing class, new writers and recent authors will learn to market themselves, create an audience, promote their book, construct their author profile, learn to manipulate social media hubs and how to connect with prospect readers and buyers.  The session will start by allowing everyone to meet and greet and talk about...

You’ve spent months, or years, sweating and swearing over a book and now you’re ready to draw the interest of agents and/or publishing houses. Or perhaps you’re in the midst of writing a book and you want to know the publishing challenges up ahead. The question looms: how do you get a book published? Here you will learn how to navigate the ins-and-outs...

Characters are the beating heart of every story—fiction, nonfiction, any kind of scripted show. In fact, it’s their actions, dialogue, habits, quirks, appearance, gestures, hopes, dreams, fears, triumphs, failures, and flaws that make a story what it is. We follow people like Sherlock, Hamlet, Katniss, Batman, Lolita, and ________ (fill in your...

Dream of writing tales of exotic worlds that capture our imagination for generations? In this 1-day online science fiction class, successful writer Dominica Phetteplace (ZZYZZVA, Pushcart Prize) will teach you the fundamentals of genre fiction! She’ll cover POV, character, story arc, description and help you avoid the rookie mistakes that will make...

How do you write a good memoir? You apply the narrative techniques of fiction and poetry: you take the fascinating, messy raw material of your life and build a frame for it. You distill. You find a voice that’s all you but that also offers you flexibility, perspective and the right counterbalance to the story’s content. You tap into your emotions...

Everyone and their cousins have a blog. But how many are well written? Truly interesting or entertaining or useful? Maintained on a regular basis? Enjoyed by a wide circle of people? Precious few. The key is to write posts so good even total strangers will be drawn to your blog. Here you will learn the specialized craft of writing blog content. Writing...

This three-day instructor led Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Training Course is about writing TSQL queries for the purpose of database reporting, analysis, and business intelligence. Specifically, this Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Training Course presents TSQL within the context of data analysis Â?Â? in other words, making meaning from the data rather than...

Are you eager to test the waters of creative writing but not sure where to start, or how? Have you written previously but been away for a while and hope to dip back in? Here you will be guided surely and safely into the writing life. There’s no pressure to work on a specific project or even settle on which type of creative writing you prefer. The...

Do you enjoy sharing your viewpoints? What do you think of, say, global warming or the latest water-cooler TV show or the forgotten value of handkerchiefs? No topic is too major or minor to warrant exploration. There are many places to air your views—magazines, newspapers, websites, blogs, books—and many forms to encapsulate them. People will...

Full Course Name: Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction Level I: 4 Week Selling Seminar There are countless magazines, newspapers, and websites that need a continual supply of short nonfiction pieces—articles, essays, etc. And they need material on every subject under the sun. How do you get them to publish (and pay for) your work? You need to...

Do you dream of seeing your work performed, up there, somewhere? A spellbinding movie. An addictive TV show. A gripping play. The thrill of dramatic writing is that, if you’re lucky, you get to see your work soar to life once all the elements—the work of directors, designers, cast, crew—are added to the vision of your script. Here you will gain...

Nonfiction—pieces that spring from the real world—is everywhere. Magazines, newspapers, books, blogs, websites. And nonfiction has grown more diverse and creative than ever, embracing all styles from straight to zany to lyrical, encompassing every topic imaginable from schoolyard memories to a trek in Nepal to the creation of the universe. Here...

This course gives you a firm grounding in the basics of memoir craft and gets you writing a short memoir (or two) or a book. Course components: Lectures Writing exercises Workshopping of student projects (each student presenting work two times) Memoir Writing I is for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals. Students must...