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Follow the call to write.

Writers.com is a warm, welcoming space for all writers. Explore the joy and craft of writing in our inclusive community, join our online courses and coaching for personal feedback from our award-winning instructors, and explore our writing tools and resources. Wherever you are in your journey, we’re here to help you.

Our Online Writing Courses Are...

digital writing classes

Fully Digital

Join and participate from anywhere. A laptop or tablet is all you'll need.

friendly and welcoming

Friendly and Welcoming

We can't wait to meet you and support your writing!

open to all

Open to All

We welcome writers of all backgrounds, experience levels, genres, and styles.

Online Writing Courses Starting Soon:

November Courses

16-Week Novel Writing Intensive

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November 6 | 16 Weeks | $995$850Save 15%! | NEW!

Turn your novel writing dream into reality. Get in-depth support tailored to you and your novel, and submit up to 5,000 words each week for detailed feedback.

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How to Firm Up the “Mushy Middle” of Any Story

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November 6 | 5 Weeks | $395

Ensure a strong middle throughline for any story. Say goodbye to the "mushy middle," and hello to stories that work.

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The Lyric Essay: Invitation to Play

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November 6 | 10 Weeks | $595$510Save 15%!

Create dynamic, genre-bending works of musical prose in this playful and exploratory lyric essay workshop. 

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Get Back Into Writing

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November 11 | Single-Day Webinar | $79 | NEW!

Learn how to pick your writing back up—and stick with it.

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Poetic Prose: The Prose Poem

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November 13 | 10 Weeks | $645

Only 3 seats left!

Explore the border between prose poetry and flash fiction. For writers of fiction, poetry, essay and memoir.

Radical Revision: Get Your Poems Published

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November 13 | 4 Weeks | $345 | NEW!

Radically reimagine your poems, by transforming your revision process. Ideal for poets working toward publication.

Write Your Picture Book!

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November 13 | 6 Weeks | $445$380Save 15%!

Picture books have changed greatly over the last few decades, and the market is wide open for fresh ideas. Join us in this six-week intensive where we’ll take that idea of yours and turn it into a manuscript!

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Finding Confidence and Motivation in Your Writing

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November 18 | Single-Day Webinar | $79$70Save 15%! | NEW!

Liberate yourself from imposter syndrome and the inner critic, and discover confidence in every stage of the writing process.

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Food Writing: Meals And Manuscripts

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November 20 | 6 Weeks | $445$380Save 15%!

Do you love cookbooks, cooking, or reading anything about food? This food writing course is for you. With award winning writer Jennifer Billock.

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Nature’s Muse: Finding Inspiration through the Changing Seasons

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November 20 | 4 weeks | $345 | NEW!

Galvanize your creative practice by deepening your connection to the natural world. Discover inspiration in the changing seasons, and generate fresh new writing.

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Student Testimonials

nabila zahur writers.com

It was so fantastic working with other serious writers and getting their input. I have taken part in other writer critique groups, but I felt that the difference here is that everyone who came in is really serious about the craft.

I managed to revise and rewrite the first half of my novel during this course, and I have a plan for how to tackle the rest.

The ultimate success for me was that my husband could see a lot of improvement between the writing he saw in week 1 vs in week 10. Feeling inspired and empowered from this course!

-Nabila Zahur, novelist

This was my first course with Writers.com, and my first course in this global format (we had members from London, Australia, Denmark, and the US). It worked very well.

The course content was thoughtful, informative, and well-organized. The instructor was supportive and encouraging to all, and matched her level of critique to the level of the participant. I felt we were in the hands of a master and mentor, and it was a privilege to have her undivided attention eight times in two months.

-Fred Lindgren

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melissa decarlo

Writers.com classes provide a great way to sharpen your writing skills and join a community of writers. Try a few-you won't be disappointed.

-Melissa DeCarlo, author of The Art Of Crash Landing (Harper Paperbacks/HarperCollins)

Browse More Testimonials

Nina Goss

August 30, 2024

Jonathan McClure’s professionalism is outstanding. His readings of attendees’ work are extensive and offered as in-line marginal annotations. He reads each piece through the author’s sensibility and register, offers relevant suggestions for rethinking a piece rather than alternative words or phrases, and addresses us as adults who are serious about craft and effect. His prompts in the classes are thoughtful, lucid, and provoke valuable effort. If he has a pet metier or school, I don’t know what it is, and hallelujah for that.

Christina Strasbourg — Writing with Consistency and Courage

August 14, 2024

Tamara Dean transformed my writing practice. Her approach is both compassionate and practical, providing the tools I needed to stay motivated and overcome self-doubt.

Ginger Moorhouse — The Body and Soul of Your Memoir

August 13, 2024

My experience was excellent. Caryn is knowledgeable as well as encouraging.

Linda Ennis — Creative Nonfiction

August 13, 2024

This was one of the most productive courses I have ever participated in and that is true due to the exceptional feedback from Nicole Hardy. She restored my hopes that writing can be a part of my life.

Alexis Damen — Stringing the Beads

August 13, 2024

This course was a great experience! I write for a living, but not personal essays, so I was challenged and learned a lot in a safe and judgment-free environment. Joanna is great at introducing new concepts and ways of writing in an easy-to-understand way. Her feedback and line edits are concise and helpful. It was also nice to give and receive comments from other writers taking the course. 

Magalie Casimir — Telling the Stories Your Body Holds

August 13, 2024

Sarah Herrington’s class was an incredible experience. I drafted and published three essays. Taking this course, along with others led by Sarah, has inspired me to overcome my fears and confidently share my work with a broader audience.

Writing Paranormal Flash Fiction — Richard Hamon

August 13, 2024

I just finished an MFA in Creative Writing, and Julie was just as skillful, helpful, and encouraging as the professors who taught in my program.

Riva Feshbach — Tiny and True

July 19, 2024

This class was different than any of the other writing classes I have taken. It felt like a risk, but it really paid off. I think that my writing practice is much stronger as a result.

About Writers.com

The First Writing School on the Internet

Since 1995, writers from over two hundred countries have visited Writers.com and thousands have completed our online writing classes. We are accessible 24-7 from any Internet connection in the world, uniting far-flung students with renowned instructors - all published, working writers with teaching experience- who offer feedback and encouragement.

Writing can be a lonely road but it doesn't have to be. Whether you're just beginning to write or polishing your next piece for publication, we can help. Let us provide inspiration, direction, community and deadlines to start you writing and keep you working.

Support And Constructive Criticism

You're never just a face in a crowd at Writers.com. Small groups keep our online classes lively and intimate.

Each class provides written lectures, projects and assignments, and discussion forums where you'll share your work with the instructor and the other students.

Best of all, a teacher offers insights on every project you submit. These critiques help identify the patterns that can plague even the most talented and experienced writers. So whether you're dusting off a grade-school passion or breaking onto the bestseller list, we can boost you up the ladder a few rungs.

Can't bring yourself to share your work? We offer private classes,  just you - or just you and a friend or two - working with the instructor. Click on private classes in the navigation bar at the top of the page to read more.

We also offer one-to-one services such as coaching and editing but it's highly recommended you take one of our classes first.

Writers.com commits to providing the best online writing classes for creative writers available anywhere. (If you're interested in learning other kinds of writing, such as business or technical writing, you can start with Hidden Front Door or a similar site.)

Caring And Community

Writers.com remains a rock in a sea of audit-only and feedback-light classes. We've had decades to fine-tune our approach, recruit top instructors and build a supportive network of writers. When you send us an email, you'll always hear back from a real person, not an auto-responder. And while you're in class, we're available to help seven days a week if you run into a problem or have a question.

Over a third of our alumni return to take a second class with us, and some have been taking our classes for 20 years or more. That's the highest compliment we can imagine - and it inspires us daily to keep growing as writers' needs and the literary landscape shift.

We pioneered teaching online writing classes. And we still do it with pleasure every day.

Contact Us

Questions? Comments? Lavish praise? We want to hear it all! Please contact us through the form below. We'll be in touch ASAP.

Please note: many of our courses are completely text-based. If you're reaching out with a question about course meeting times, check the course description to see whether it has a live video component or not. For more information, check out how our courses work.

We do check email seven days a week. Please allow for some delay as chances are we're not in your time zone and, though the Internet never sleeps, we do.