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Unlock your writing potential with online professional writing classes. From creative writing to technical writing, these courses offer valuable skills and expert guidance to help you become a versatile and accomplished writer.

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The Sitcom Writers' Room: Six Weeks to Script

DBA Flappers University @ **Virtual Classroom

It's one of the dream jobs of many comedians: working in a real writers' room on the staff of a hit TV sitcom. But how do you get that job? What is it like? And most importantly... can I really do it? In this intense six-week course, students will begin to craft their very own sitcom script in a classroom experience designed to mimic working in an actual TV writers' room.  Through a combination of lectures, examples, worksheets and exercises...

(38) All levels 18 and older
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$195

6 sessions

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The Big Frame: Poetry as a Tool for Re-Seeing

One Spirit Learning Alliance

The Big Frame: Poetry as a Tool for Re-Seeing the World Your perspective matters. How you see the world—the way you meet even the smallest moment—affects everyone and everything in the world around you. The stories you tell yourself and others create the big conversation—what are we doing here? What does it mean to be alive?  But practically speaking, how do we change our perspective? How might our stories limit us? How do we re-see...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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The Next Bestseller Workshop

Your Book Is Your Hook LLC @ Online

Learn how to pitch and present your book or screenplay to industry professionals and gain the tools and confidence to succeed as a bestselling author or screenwriter at the Next Bestseller Workshop. Get practical training and feedback from seasoned experts in the publishing and entertainment industries, and learn how to engage decision-makers with compelling hooks that will set your project apart. Don't miss this opportunity to turn your writing dreams into reality.

All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$897

3 sessions

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Teen Creative Writing Workshop

The Writers Studio

The Writers Studio Teen Workshop is a creative writing program geared specifically for the needs and passions of teens, based on the successful Writers Studio program for adults. It’s a fun, supportive space for young people to explore fiction and poetry. Every week, students will practice a narrative technique from some of the best contemporary writers — such as Junot Diaz, Brian Turner, Cate Marvin, Niccolo Ammaniti, Tyehimba Jess, Susan...

(7) All levels 13 - 18 years old
No upcoming schedules
$295

6 sessions

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TV: Character Driven Stories

Writing Pad

You’ve got a story, outline or 1 pager for a TV Show or feature. You know your characters in and out, but now you have to write compelling, dramatic, hilarious, true scenes! In this one-day Online Bringing TV Characters To Life workshop “Transparent” and “I Love Dick” Consulting Producer Brett Paesel, helps you break down your script into 5 essential movements, a unique form of structure. In this capacity, she assists directors and writers...

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$185

2 sessions

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Introduction to Playwriting

Irish Arts Center @ Virtual Classroom

This class will be held online. Whether you’re interested in full-length plays, musicals, short plays, or other forms, all dramatic writing employs essential ideas and techniques to bring out the drama in any narrative. Explore theatricality and the craft of dramatic writing, and walk away with a self-identified set of skills you can use to craft dynamic stories for the world to experience.

(53) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$165

8 sessions

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TV Pilot Intensive

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

The NYSL 2-Part  TV Pilot Itensive will give you a comprehensive overview of the structure and elements that combine to create a successful TV show (comedy or drama).  Through lecture, exercises an discussion, the topics covered will include: The various structures used in TV. And which structure will best suit the need of your show. How to pack your show with enough conflict to generate multiple seasons worth of fresh-feeling...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$175

2 sessions

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Fiction and Short Story Writing in Arabic

Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop

In this class, students learn the basic elements of a short story and practice different writing techniques: imaginative composition, creating vivid characters, making a dramatic beginning, organizing the structure of a literary text, using remembrance, implicit description, and focused, semantic dialogue. Each student in class 3 will write short stories and a critical essay. During 10 weeks, the professor and students will discuss each student...

All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,300

10 sessions

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Screenplay 1: Writing for the Screen

Bronx Community College

The virtual screenwriting course will be taught by award-winning filmmaker Pedro Resto. The focus of the course is to help students develop an original idea into a screenplay draft. By using accelerated screenwriting techniques, students will learn the fundamentals of writing for film. Upon completion of the course, students will have a short screenplay written to add to their portfolio.  The course will cover the following: ​Introduction...

(16) Beginner 16 and older
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Game of Pens: A TV Writer’s Room Survival Workshop

Writing Pad

To take your place in a coveted Hollywood writers’ room, you’ll need more than just a killer sample. You’ll need an edge that allows you to hit the ground running from day one, experience. In this three-hour live online Writers’ Room Survival Bootcamp, The Handmaid’s Tale writers/producers Nina Fiore and John Herrera demystify the inner workings of the elusive world of Hollywood television development by breaking down the hierarchy, politics,...

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$115
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Blogging for Fun and Profit

East Los Angeles College

Want to know why creators and marketers say a blog is the best type of website? Whether you want a website for personal or professional use, discover how a blog makes it easy to share your products, services, writing, pictures, and videos with family, friends, organizations, and customers.  Find out the four most popular ways to use a blog to make money and how a blog makes your search and social media marketing easier!  Topics include...

(253) All levels 18 and older
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Writing The Microbudget Screenplay

Writing Pad

This class will prepare you to write a feature length movie. If you're looking for TV writing classes, click here. What do Christopher Nolan, Darron Aronofsky and Richard Linklater have in common? They broke into the biz by writing and producing a feature film for under $30,000. In this three-hour screenwriting seminar, indy writer and director Steven Peros, whose microbudget feature, Footprints, was released in six cities and was hailed as “One...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$115
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Graphic Novel/Comic Book 101

Writing Pad

Is it your dream to write a graphic novel or a comic book? Are you an artist who’d like to learn how to turn your characters and concept into a compelling story? Or maybe you have a visionary concept for a comic book or graphic novel that could turn into prestige streaming series or a blockbuster film? If so you’ll need something more valuable than an eight-figure budget: Commercial IP. Agents, execs and producers love it and having your own...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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TV: Pilot Musts & Sellable Premises

Writing Pad

Your premise is the DNA of your TV series and pilot. In this one-day concept development class, uber screenwriter Mike Ellis (16 scripts sold, Netflix’s Insatiable, Development Executive) will show you how to build your show idea from the ground up while breaking it down to its most essential elements. You’ll also learn pilot do’s, don’ts and musts as well the ingredients of a successful premise. Students will also get feedback on their...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$125
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Pitch Deck

Writing Pad

Enhance your storytelling skills and bring your project to life with the latest tools and techniques in the Pitch Deck Workshop at Writing Pad. Learn how to create compelling visual sales tools such as pitch decks and sizzle reels to captivate producers, execs, agents, and managers. Get actionable feedback and pitch your deck by the end of the class.

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$145
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Memoir 101: Memoir Essentials with Erika Schickel

Writing Pad

Explore the art of transforming personal experiences into captivating narratives with memoirist Erika Schickel. Gain insights into crafting compelling emotional journeys, mastering vivid storytelling, and delving deep into your own narrative. Whether you're a seasoned writer or new to memoirs, uncover the secrets to bringing your story to life.

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$105
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Ten Weeks to Your Feature Film

Screenwriters University

The world of the feature film is booming and you are gushing with ideas. This workshop will give you the tools to get the ideas out of your head and into a completed screenplay by introducing you to the methods that professional screenwriters use to write under deadlines. If you have been sitting on an idea for a feature film, this is your chance to complete a draft of your screenplay in just ten weeks, with expert feedback at every step. Whether...

All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499.99

10 sessions

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Beginning Feature Film Writing

Screenwriters University

When you plan a long-distance trip to a place you’ve never been before, do you just hop in the car and start driving and hope for the best? Writing a screenplay is also a long trip into unknown territory. There are hundreds of complex decisions to be made during the trip. That’s why making a few basic decisions before you start can both reduce stress and make sure you’re heading in the right direction. Whether you are a writer looking to understand...

All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$449.99

13 sessions

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Advanced Fiction Writing

Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop @ 16 Beaver St, New York, NY

Fiction represents an abundance of rich and creative possibilities. In this workshop course, students gain a higher level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They will explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating fiction. Students will mature as fiction writers, facilitating the next...

Advanced 18 and older
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$670

12 sessions

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Fiction and Short Story Writing

Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop

Through the magic of imagination, fiction takes us deep inside worlds and into the lives of characters. This online workshop course teaches students to recognize the qualities that make for spellbinding fiction, including the natural rhythm and tone, mapping the structure, and shaping the content. The short story exemplifies a unique genre of writing. The workshop teaches the essential short story elements: sketching a story, creating a compelling...

Intermediate 18 and older
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$1,300

10 sessions

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