Whether you’re trying to refine your writing skills, explore your inner creativity, turn your passion into a career, or get guidance on your newfound love for writing, Writers.com is here to help you along your personal writing journey.
Our online writing courses are taught by award-winning instructors who have been in your shoes. They know exactly how to help you become the writer you want to be. In our classes, you'll receive weekly instructor feedback on your work, ongoing collaboration with other writers, and a supportive course structure that will help you set and meet your writing goals.
Learn from published authors who have spent decades perfecting their craft and are dedicated to supporting you and your work.
Our online writing classes are filling fast. With the guidance a Writers.com class provides, you will be able to turn your thoughts into words with ease. It’s time to get that pen to the paper. Sign up for a course today and let your words flow.
Upcoming Writing Courses
Courses range from 4 to 10 weeks in length and $175 to $460 in price.
For a complete selection of both upcoming and unscheduled classes, see our full course calendar.
January
Creative Nonfiction and the Personal Essay With January 20, 2021 $360 | 10 Weeks Gretchen Clark pick axes her way into the volcanic marriage of real life and fiction. Weekly writing with incisive feedback.  |
Write Your Novel! The Workshop With Jack With January 20, 2021 $360 | 10 Weeks Get a good start on a novel in just ten weeks, or revise a novel you’ve already written. Free your imagination, move steadily ahead and count the pages!  |
In Your Own Words: Transforming Life Into Memoir and Fiction With January 27, 2021 $350 | 8 Weeks 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.  |
Plot Your Novel With January 27, 2021 $315 | 8 Weeks Over eight weeks, you’ll develop a solid basis in the fictional elements—protagonist, setting, secondary characters, point of view, plot, and theme—while you develop the outline of your novel. You’ll receive feedback at all stages from your fellow writers and your instructor.  |
Writing for Children: Create A Picture Book! With January 27, 2021 $260 | 6 Weeks NEW! 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!  |
February
Creating the Visual Journal With February 3, 2021 $315 | 8 Weeks Go beyond narrow definitions of “journaling” to include visual images and let writing give what is seen a new voice. Surprise yourself.  |
Next-Level Creative Nonfiction: Elevating Essays, Memoir, Travel Writing & Literary Journalism With February 10, 2021 $360 | 10 Weeks Elevate your memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, & lyric and personal essays.  |
The Ongoing Fiction Workshop With February 10, 2021 $415 | 10 Weeks Many students have attended this 10-week online fiction workshop with Shelley Singer multiple times, completed novels, and come back to finish more books.  |
Essentials of Character Development: How to Create Characters that Move and Breathe and Can't Stop Talking With February 10, 2021 $315 | 8 Weeks Bring your characters to life in this in-depth character development class with Gloria Kempton.  |
How to Firm Up the “Mushy Middle” of Any Story With February 17, 2021 $250 | 5 Weeks Ensure a strong middle throughline for any story. Say goodbye to the “mushy middle,” and hello to stories that work.  |
Mastering the Elements of Fiction With February 17, 2021 $360 | 10 Weeks In this course, you’ll work with the basic elements of fiction–the fundamentals that drive the story and determine the quality of the work.  |
Using Bullet Journaling to Achieve Writing Goals With February 17, 2021 $155 | 3 weeks New! Looking to keep your writing goals organized? Make it happen in our bullet journaling course. Learn the art of the BuJo with Rudri Patel!  |
Plan On It: Essential Novel Planning Workshop With February 24, 2021 $260 | 6 Weeks NEW! Set your novel up for success! In this six-week workshop, instructor Dennis Foley will help you craft a plan to handle the essential demands and choices you’ll face as you write your novel.  |
The "I've Always Wanted To Write Fiction" Workshop With February 24, 2021 $250 | 5 Weeks Learn the basics of fiction writing and submit weekly writing for feedback from Shelley Singer, author of 13 novels. It’s time to start.  |
March
Crafting Your Collection: Next Steps In Poetic Craft With March 3, 2021 $360 | 10 Weeks Hone your poetic craft by writing 6-7 new poems and combining them with previously-written poems to create a chapbook, or short poetry collection.  |
The Art of Storytelling With March 3, 2021 $315 | 8 Weeks It’s an age-old art form—storytelling—and you can learn the craft.  |
Plumbing the Past: Turning Life Experience into Poetry, Flash and Creative Non-Fiction With March 10, 2021 $250 | 4 Weeks Dig deep into personal ritual while studying narrative poets, short fiction and non-fiction authors, and food writers.  |
Writing Mindfulness: Sensual World/Poetry Mind With March 10, 2021 $250 | 4 Weeks A four week class, melding the language mind with the sensual: How to turn detailed observation into a poem. With Marc Olmsted.  |
Crafting the Poetry Novel for Young Adults With March 17, 2021 $300 | 5 Weeks Even if you’ve never written poetry before, you can begin the rewarding process of crafting a poetry novel for Young Adults. Is there a market for novels written in verse? Are they well received? Yes, there is, and yes, they are!  |
From Writing Circle to Finished Poem: Turn Raw Writing into Poetry With March 17, 2021 $260 | 6 Weeks Gather together in a virtual writing circle, hit the mute button on your internal editor, and uncover inspiration to shape into poetry.  |
Let’s Get Personal: The Art and Craft of the Personal Essay With March 17, 2021 $350 | 8 Weeks Draw inspiration and material from your life experiences or “real life” people you know to craft compelling, publishable personal essays. With author Margo Perin.  |
The Next Fifty Pages of the Novel With March 24, 2021 $415 | 10 Weeks So now that you have your opening novel pages, what next? Get detailed, constructive feedback on your work-in-progress, wherever you’re at in writing it.  |
The Watching Eye: Writing Flash Fiction With March 24, 2021 $285 | 5 Weeks Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 3rd person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing. With Barbara Henning.  |
April
Anatomy of a Premise Line: Story and Premise Development for Writing Success With April 14, 2021 $250 | 5 Weeks 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.  |
May
The Thinking Mind: Writing Flash Fiction With May 5, 2021 $285 | 5 Weeks Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 1st person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing.  |
From Journal To Poem Or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind With May 12, 2021 $430 | 10 weeks Gather material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes to develop into poems or prose works.  |
For a complete selection of both upcoming and unscheduled classes, see our full course calendar.
What Sets Our Online Writing Courses Apart
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Our weekly writing submissions support you in making rapid progress on your work.
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Award-Winning Instructors
Your instructor will engage one-on-one with your writing each and every week.
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Writers
Give and receive feedback from classmates who share your passion.
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Why Take a Writing Course with Writers.com?
- We welcome writers of all backgrounds and experience levels, and we are here for one reason: to support you on your writing journey.
- Small groups keep our online writing classes lively and intimate.
- Work through your weekly written lectures, course materials, and writing assignments at your own pace.
- Share and discuss your work with classmates in a supportive class environment.
- Your course instructor will offer you direct, personal feedback and suggestions on every assignment you submit.
- Lifelong access to our private Facebook groups for students and alumni.
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