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Fundamentals of Short Fiction with Jon Gingerich
In this beginner-friendly four-week intensive workshop, author and editor Jon Gingerich reveals the key skills for crafting short fiction to a publishable standard.
Grammar & Style: Two Weeks to Nail the Basics with Taylor Houston
A two-week crash course in the basics of grammar and style (i.e. all that stuff you've forgotten from school), so you can build the foundation for solid, professional writing.
Anatomy of Archetypes with Nik Korpon
In this two-week class, learn fiction's classic character archetypes—then learn how to subvert those archetypes and make them your own, so you take something old and make it new again.
The Horror, The Horror II: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
Like Your Life Depends On It with Duane Swierczynski
In this four-week workshop, learn to write a breakneck, no-holds-barred, addictive story, all in service of keeping a reader turning the pages—even if his or her house is on fire.
The Art of the Query Letter with Literary Agent Bree Ogden
Learn to write and pitch an effective query letter that grabs the attention of the reader, under the guidance of Bree Ogden, an agent at D4EO Literary Agency.
How To Format, Package & Self-Publish Your eBook with Joseph Nassise
A three-week class that will teach you how to format your eBook, sell it on major digital platforms—and then make sure people can find it.
A Screenwriter's Approach to Story Prep with Scott Myers
A 4-week Master Class in the Screenwriter's Approach to Completing Your Story by "Breaking it in Prep." Great for screenwriters and highly applicable for novelists, too.
Age of Immersion with Lidia Yuknavitch
In this workshop we will write six short fictions that reflect the spirit of our existence inside immersion technologies, embracing the intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and other dimensions.
Beginning the Novel with Christopher Bram
In this 6-week online writing class, you will explore key techniques and core attitudes for successfully beginning and sustaining a book-length work of fiction that you'll feel compelled to finish.
Charming with the Truth with Ed Sikov
An intensive five-week class for writers of narrative non-fiction. Learn to turn your journal entries, observations, and brief personal essays into publishable work.
Ecstatic States: Sex, Death and Memoir with Lidia Yuknavitch
Go beyond the clichés of sex and death to create powerful, original creative non-fiction from the inventive core of human experience in this six-week master class.
Embracing the Practice With Holiday Reinhorn
A 6-week deep dive into sustainable writing practice and the unique demands and rewards of the short story.
Finding the Agent Who is Right For You with Bree Ogden
Break out of fear and bridge the impasse from completed manuscript to knowing how to approach agents with confidence and find the right one for you. Clear guidance from and experienced agent.
How to Write and Sell the Young Adult Novel with Mandy Hubbard
In this four-week writing intensive, you'll learn how to write Young Adult fiction that sells—straight from Mandy Hubbard, a literary agent and accomplished YA author.
Intro to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
Want to write sci-fi and/or fantasy? Don't know the difference between an elvish sword and a lightsaber? Kat Howard will teach you to write effective, exciting, fantastical stories.
Intro to Writing Graphic Novels with Bree Ogden
A course in all the essential elements of writing and publishing the graphic novel.
Leading with Voice: How to Create Compelling First Person Narrators Who Drive Your Fiction with Vanessa Veselka
A 5-week fiction master class that will lead you to a new level in generating strong, authentic first person narrators for voice-driven storytelling.
Multiple Viewpoints with Suzy Vitello
Navigate the various options related to point of view in this 10-day intensive under the guidance of Suzy Vitello, den mother of Portland's hottest writing group.
Plotlines with Joshua Mohr
A beginner-friendly 4-week intensive class focusing on powerful plot construction as taught by best-selling novelist Joshua Mohr.
Say It Like You Mean It: 10 Days to Better Dialogue with Suzy Vitello
In this ten-day crash course, Suzy Vitello will teach you the secrets of writing dialogue that sings. As an added bonus, she'll be providing critiques to two sets of three randomly-selected students.
Seductive Beginnings with Suzy Vitello
A powerful 6-week class, where you'll learn to identify your strengths as a writer according to six major criteria. And how to capitalize on those strengths in pursuit of publishing success.
Self-Publishing in the Digital Age with Joseph Nassise
Accelerated online course in how to prep, upload, and publish your eBook to a professional standard.
Sell Yourself with Rob W. Hart
In this two-week course, you'll learn the basics of selling yourself and your work like a pro, from social media to bio-writing and media outreach.
Something Out Of Nothing with Patrick Wensink
In this three-week workshop, use the tools and tricks of improv comedy to build momentum in your stories and write stronger plots.
Talking Scars with Jack Ketchum
A four-week intensive exploration of the needs, demands, and possibilities of horror and suspense writing, led by Grand Master of the form, Jack Ketchum.
The Character of Crime with David Corbett
Four week crime writing master class with David Corbett. Explore key distinctions and foundational skills for effective and boundary pushing crime fiction.
The Choreography of Violence with John Skipp
Want to write great fights, chases, deaths, and escapes? Exciting, powerful encounters that leap off the page? No matter your style or genre, John Skipp will show you how.
The Craft of Character with David Corbett
In this 4-week course, award-winning author David Corbett will teach you the techniques for situating complex characters in compelling stories, and how to render them on the page.
The First 50 Pages with Eric Obenauf
Master the power of a strong opening, how to create and maintain conflict and fiction, and how to stack the deck on your protagonist, all while keeping an editor riveted through your First 50 Pages.
The Horror, the Horror: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
In this four-week intensive online writing class, you'll explore and master the basic elements for constructing horror fiction to a professional standard.
The Next Draft with Johnny Shaw
An intense four-week online writing workshop with the author of Dove Season and Big Maria. Bring in your stalled or first draft manuscript and master the art of rewriting.
The Spine of Crime with David Corbett
A 4-week master class in setting, structure, and suspense for crime stories.
Tough Dames with Christa Faust
Christa Faust is one of crime fiction's most badass writers. And she'll teach you how to write women who kick as much ass as she does, using the rules of hardboiled and noir fiction.
Trim the Fat with Richard Thomas
In this two-week workshop, Richard Thomas will teach you how to edit your work like a surgeon—to kill your darlings, trim the fat, and leave only the best bits of the story behind.
Urban Fantasy 101 with Joseph Nassise
In this four-week online workshop, best-selling urban fantasy novelist Joseph Nassise will guide you through the essential elements and techniques needed to write urban fantasy.