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
June
Overcome Writing Anxiety: Boost Your Storytelling Confidence in Four Short Weeks! With
June 1, 2022
$235 | 4 Weeks
“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. |
Writing Our Grief: How to Channel Loss into Creative Expression With
June 8, 2022
$395 | 8 Weeks
Writing about grief is a powerful healing tool. Turn pain into power in this personal essay course, with instructor Rudri Patel. |
July
Food Writing: Meals And Manuscripts With
July 13, 2022
$395 | 8 Weeks
Do you collect cookbooks, love to cook, or religiously read anything about food? This course is for you. With award winning writer Jennifer Billock. |
Starting to Write With
July 13, 2022
$395 | 8 Weeks
For those who want to kick start their writing into high gear. |
Poetry as Sacred Attention With
July 18, 2022
$89 | Single-Day Webinar NEW! 7:00-9:30 P.M. U.S. Eastern Time
Poetry asks us to slow down, listen, and pay attention. In this meditative workshop, we’ll open ourselves to the beauty and mystery of 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.
Want to have a productive new year? Set up your bullet journal in this one day live workshop.
When planned right, a blog allows you to share your passion and make money in the process. Learn how to build a blog in this one-day webinar.
Are you writing about people from real life? This one-day live workshop answers the question of how to be a good art friend.
In-depth character development using an ancient personality study of human motivation–the Enneagram.
Banish writer’s block, unearth fresh ideas, and sharpen your storytelling ability with the practice of fast, timed writing.
It happens to all of us: life gets in the way and our creativity falters. Get back on track with this four-week creativity boosting class!
Learn how to write emotionally resonant journeys that stick with the reader, using the power of character transformation.
Go beyond narrow definitions of “journaling” to include visual images and let writing give what is seen a new voice. Surprise yourself.
How can your own mortality inform your work? In this 6-week course, you’ll use death to inspire and motivate your poetry writing.
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.
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.
The food we eat and enjoy tells volumes about our lives and experiences. Write it all down in this food memoir course, with Jennifer Billock.
Gather together in a virtual writing circle, hit the mute button on your internal editor, and uncover inspiration to shape into poetry.
Poetry is a powerful method for healing and happiness. Write poems about gratitude and hope in our intimate, live-video writing circles, with instructor Susan Vespoli.
Take to the skies in this online travel writing course. We’ll discuss the market, different types of travel writing, and pitching your piece!
How do you get invited to read at literary conferences? Lyzette Wanzer shows you the ropes in this one day workshop.
The summer 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.
Solve the mystery of marketing and get your work out there in front of readers in this 4-week online class taught by Instructor Gloria Kempton.
If you’re a caregiver, public servant, or medical professional, this 6 week journaling course is designed to affirm your place in the world, creating a space for hope, gratitude, and meditation.
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.
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.
Want to write about nature like Robert Frost, Henry David Thoreau, or Annie Dillard? Join us for this six week nature writing course.
Instructor Sarah Aronson welcomes all writers who are working on manuscripts for kids and teens. This advanced workshop will focus entirely on the participants’ own work in progress.
Author Sarah Aronson leads this intermediate/advanced workshop on writing for children. It offers support, structure and detailed feedback on manuscripts.
Write your way to the finish line of 2021: 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.
Looking to keep your writing goals organized? Make it happen in our bullet journaling course. Learn the art of the BuJo with Rudri Patel!
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.
The artist’s statement is essential to applying for grants, fellowships, MFA programs and residencies. Writes yours in this one day workshop.
Want to write your world, your way? Join us for this six week program on article writing, blogging, and essays.
Whether you’re struggling with addiction, newly sober, or have been sober for years, the WriteRecovery program supplements the 12 Step program and supports recovering addicts on their path to sobriety.
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.
Join our writing circle to form a writing community, find clarity in your words, and turn your untamed free-writes into poetry and/or prose.
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!
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.
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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.