Writing can be deeply healing and therapeutic, a venue for personal growth, a way into deeper interpersonal relationships, and so much more. In our online lifestyle and wellness writing classes, we explore the many intersections between writing and our lives.
Our instructors are published writers who are also deeply committed to supporting your growth in, and through, writing.
Upcoming Online Lifestyle and Wellness Writing Courses
January
Writing with Tarot With January 13, 2021 $315 | 8 Weeks Jump-start your creative juices, and explore a world of divination, symbolism, and imagery right at your fingertips: learn short story and novel writing through Tarot.  |
Humor Is The New Black! With January 20, 2021 $215 | 4 Weeks Ready to add a splash of fun to your writing life? Join us for a four-week humor writing class. We’ll read. We’ll laugh. We’ll write. We’ll experiment.  |
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.  |
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!  |
March
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.  |
Unscheduled Online Lifestyle and Wellness Writing Classes
Browse our full lifestyle and wellness offerings below. Let us know which lifestyle and wellness writing courses you're interested in, and we'll contact you with dates when we're ready to put them on our calendar.
Banish writer’s block, unearth fresh ideas, and sharpen your storytelling ability with the practice of fast, timed writing.
In-depth character development using an ancient personality study of human motivation–the Enneagram.
Make science come alive through storytelling. Write about any area of science, nature and the environment or health and medicine.
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.
Can you translate the movement of a dance into a poem? What happens when you write a story in the form of a multiple-choice quiz? Learn to take your work in rich and unexpected new directions by subverting and blending genre conventions.
During this six week program, you will work closely one-on-one with Kelly to finalize, refine, and polish your picture book into a manuscript ready to submit for publication or representation.
Do you collect cookbooks, love to cook, or religiously read anything about food? This course is for you. With award winning writer Jennifer Billock.
The holiday season is the best time to get the ball rolling on your book. Join us if you really want to get your book into the world.
Create your blog, brand it, create engaging content and successfully promote posts. Taught by journalist, writer and photographer Jessica Festa.
From branding to search engine optimization and advertising, this course puts bloggers on the path to earning an income through their blog.
Author Sarah Aronson leads this intermediate/advanced workshop on writing for children. It offers support, structure and detailed feedback on manuscripts.
“Who are you to want to write?” Someone great, that’s who! Politely ask Mr. or Ms. Fear to step aside while you sign up for this fun, freeing and functional adventure.
Write your way to the finish line of 2020: let go of and say goodbye to a momentous year, honor the changes in yourself and the world, and set your intentions for a new chapter.
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.
Join Susan in two writing circles each week: intimate spaces for writers to free-write together, saying yes to whatever shows up, followed by group read-arounds. These writing sessions are spontaneous, intimate, freeing, and transformative.
Write out the storm: Join supportive, friendly faces in twice-weekly virtual community writing circles.
Expressive writing can be a powerful elixir for what ails you. Learn and practice tools for writing expressively, including two virtual writing circles each week, turn raw writing into poetry or prose, and come away with a better understanding of how writing can lead toward wellness.
For young writers (ages 10-15) who want to learn more about creating their own stories: Four video seminars and direct one-to-one coaching with Sarah Aronson!
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Why Take an Online Lifestyle and Wellness 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 lifestyle and wellness 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.