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Writers.com

The first writing school on the Internet

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Writers.com is a home for creative writers of all backgrounds, genres, and styles. Let us support your writing passion in our online creative writing courses, with personal, constructive feedback from our award-winning instructors, deep explorations of the craft of writing, and a welcoming writing community.

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Anatomy of a Premise Line: Story and Premise Development for Writing Success

October 28, 2020
The premise line is the only reliable tool that can tell you, BEFORE you start writing, whether or not your story will “work.” In this class participants will learn how to master the process of premise line development—the essential first step in any book or screenplay’s development process.


Tales From The Memory Palace: 6 to 250 Word Memoirs

October 28, 2020
If you want to be an in demand storyteller in the digital age, you need to get in, get out and get going. In this “short” four-week memoir writing adventure, you’ll learn to scope out, swoop down and snatch up important memories from your life then speed write them into miniature masterpieces.


The Craft of Poetry

November 4, 2020
Poetry is alive and well. Contemporary poets can be touching, terrifying, and laugh-out-loud funny. Join us for an exploration of writing and reading poems.


The Wandering Heart: Tales of Connection

November 4, 2020
Wander through the rooms of your own life to discover stories of deep connection, reconnection or loss of connection and fashion your findings into stories suitable for blog posts, essays, short memoirs, short plays, scenes in screenplays, or chapters of novels.


The Thinking Mind: Writing Flash Fiction

November 4, 2020
Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 1st person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing.


Embodied Writing: Improve Your Writing with Full-Body Creativity

November 11, 2020
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.


In Your Own Words: Transforming Life Into Memoir and Fiction

November 11, 2020
Learn how to draw inspiration and material from your life experiences or those of people you know, or want to know, to craft compelling, publishable memoirs, personal essays, autobiographical novels and short stories, and/or narrative poetry.


Poetic Prose: The Prose Poem

November 11, 2020
Explore the border between prose poetry and flash fiction. For writers of fiction, poetry, essay and memoir.


Writing Mindfulness: Sensual World/Poetry Mind

November 18, 2020
A four week class, melding the language mind with the sensual: How to turn detailed observation into a poem. With Marc Olmsted.


The Micro-obstacles/Flow Technique

November 18, 2020
Create new work with fresh language, universal themes, sustained mystery and memorable characters. Stimulate your imagination.
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Online Writing Course Categories

Our online creative writing classes cover the spectrum, from poetry to memoir to food and travel writing. See our upcoming offerings in each category below.

Novel

Memoir

Poetry

Lifestyle and Wellness

Short Story

Personal Essay

Stage and Broadcast

Recent Student Testimonials

Julie’s intuition, writing experience, and suggestions took me from a rough draft to a polished final draft with a stronger theme and structure. Her writing experience, spirit and open mind matched my temperament and validated what I was trying to do. Julie is great!

— Stephanie Shapiro
On No More Excuses! Four Weeks to Finish and Submit Your Personal Essay or Short Memoir with Giulietta Nardone
October 26, 2020

This is the second time I have taken this course and I will enroll again if offered by Lissa Jensen. Her method of presenting information, inspiration and freedom of exploration is perfect for me. The exceptional detailed critiques have provided the encouragement and understanding needed to continue. Lissa demonstrates on a how-to video to further explain the assignment. She is caring and takes extra time if needed. Great class!

— Marylou Brashler
On Creating the Visual Journal with Lissa Jensen
October 24, 2020

The course was great for a beginner but also for those who were further ahead in the process. Jack was readily available for questions and helping students along. He spent time on my work, provided helpful feedback and readily answered questions. He made helpful recommendations that I think will strengthen my work. I am so much further in the process than I would have been if I had not taken the class.

— Kristin Curry
On Plot Your Novel with Jack Smith
October 9, 2020

This is a terrific course, especially if you are looking for a safe, open forum to simply write and write and write! I find that the Writing Circles led by Susan provide wonderful inspiration for my writing, and it keeps me going even when I might not feel like I have much to say. Most important, I have been very surprised how stimulating participating is to my overall writing practice–I find I keep generating ideas between classes.

— John Johnson
On From Writing Circle to Finished Poem: Turn Raw Writing into Poetry with Susan Vespoli
October 9, 2020

I loved this class. Jeff and I have worked a bit together before in his Anatomy of a Premise Line class where he helped me figure out exactly what my story was. After taking this class – How to firm up the “mushy” middle – I learned the steps and story beats that the reader needed to follow along with me to get from Point A to Z. Jeff pushed me like crazy, taught me about the Enneagram-Story Connection, and helped me develop all those beats from Point A to Z. He challenges me like no other, and I love him for it.

— Allison Smith
On How to Firm Up the “Mushy Middle” of Any Story with Jeff Lyons
October 5, 2020

Jeff is a master in his trade. He picks up the problems with your story and he questions you, digs deeper and deeper, pushes you to find solutions until your story has a meaningful structure and your characters a clear arc. He offers private sessions by zoom. He is available, communicative and helpful at all times. He is incredibly engaged as a teacher. A brilliant tutor. He is brilliant at picking up the problems with a story and getting you to find the solution. 

— Sophie Cayeux
On How to Firm Up the “Mushy Middle” of Any Story with Jeff Lyons
October 1, 2020

We had a great group: everyone was engaging, and Jack was wonderful. He was very prompt with feedback. He pointed out areas of improvement and was very encouraging, gave positive feedback on areas that were strong. I will take another class with Jack.

— Sharon Mirza
On Writing Autobiographical Fiction with Jack Smith
September 29, 2020

I am SO happy I took this workshop. Tina Barry was a wonderful instructor — she was responsive, available and most importantly, provided extremely detailed, thought-out and tangible guidance. The format of the workshop was user-friendly, and the participants were a joy to be in class with. I will absolutely take other courses, including ones with Tina!

— Megan Rowlands-Sobieski
On Ordinary to Extraordinary: Turning Everyday Experiences into Poetry with Tina Barry
September 19, 2020

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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 courses. 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.

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.

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