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Reported Essay

Writing Pad

Learn the secret techniques to craft a compelling and award-winning essay in this five-week class taught by NY Times and Rolling Stone alum Nicole Pajer at Writing Pad. Discover the unspoken expectations of this elusive format, create a captivating hook, and develop a clear theme that will leave readers wanting more. Don't miss your chance to perfect your essay and secure publication opportunities in just a few weeks!

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$485

5 sessions

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Memoir 2: Memorable Memoir Workshop

Writing Pad

Turn your life's twists and turns into compelling stories! Join this engaging online workshop and learn the secrets of crafting a memorable memoir. Gain insights into subtext, structure, dialogue techniques, and more, as you infuse your fascinating memories with authenticity and personality.

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$495

5 sessions

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So You Want to be a Novelist?: Online Novel Writing

Writing Pad

Is it your dream to write the great American novel? Finishing a book is a tough thing to do even for the seasoned professional. In this 6 week intro novel writing workshop, successful novelist Lauren Strasnick will teach you the fundamentals of long form fiction! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict.  If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your...

(60) Beginner 18 and older
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$395

6 sessions

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Get Your Book Published

Writing Pad

Working on a gripping memoir, nonfiction book, or novel but have no clue how to land an agent or contract? Editor at Hachette Book Group, Trish Daly can help make your dream of publishing your book a reality! She’ll help you present and shape your book so it’s the project that everyone wants to buy. Through interesting craft lectures and targeted feedback, Trish will help you create a pitch perfect overview and an annotated outline that serves...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$395

7 sessions

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Manuscript Intensive Program

SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom

Send your book out without self-doubt. Instead, work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape.   In this month-long one-on-one intensive, an experienced published author will closely read your entire book and mentor you, giving focused editorial feedback on the first 25 pages and an editorial letter to guide revision of the rest. There will be significant opportunity for extended correspondence with your mentor, who will provide...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$770

16 sessions

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Screenwriting

Primary Stages ESPA

Screenwriting is a specialized craft with its own set of dramatic writing principles. In this 7-week class with screenwriter and playwright Daniel Talbott, you will learn the ways that film allows writers to tell stories in an infinite range of styles, from special effects-charged blockbusters to the intimate indie projects. This class might be for you if you: Are a playwright who wants the tools to transition from stage to screen. Need a stronger...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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$460

7 sessions

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Poetry and American Modernism: Reading William Carlos Williams

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore William Carlos Williams, the literary doctor who illuminated the essence of American modernism. Discover his blend of observation, vernaculars, and the haunting history of the nation, as well as his impact on the postwar avant-garde. Uncover his influence of Williams on writers and artists such as Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, and Steve Reich in this captivating course.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$335

4 sessions

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How to Hook a Literary Agent

Writing Pad

You have a brilliant new novel, memoir, or collection of short stories that you want to put out there (or an idea for one), but you’re not sure how to land an agent and get it published. Have no fear, Elise Capron, literary agent extraordinaire, is here!  Through an informative craft talk, she’ll give you the inside scoop on how to present your work in the best possible light and how to craft a book that will sell. She will teach you what...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$275

2 sessions

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Online Level 1 Workshop in Fiction and Poetry

The Writers Studio

Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...

(7) Beginner 18 and older
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$435

8 sessions

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Online Level 1 Intro to Poetry

The Writers Studio @ Google Meet

Develop your narrative and lyric voices in this introductory poetry workshop. Broaden your sense of what is possible in your work as you explore various literary styles and approaches. Join us online to deepen your understanding of the technique and receive constructive critiques from both teachers and fellow students.

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$435

8 sessions

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Photo Book Devt: From Project Conception to Marketing

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA

This practical webinar will help photographers learn how to develop and complete a long-term project and then build an audience for the work. Guggenheim Fellow, McNair Evans will use his personal project which ultimately became a sold out monograph, Confessions for A Son, as a case study, following the project from the completion of shooting through publication. This workshop includes helpful resources like portfolio reviews, applying for grants,...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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My Safe & Easy Writing

Actors Comedy Studio

In this comprehensive course, Gunnar will walk you through the steps of creating a series that highlights your comedic voice. He will also ensure your pilot is suitably structured for network and streaming broadcast. Multi-camera shows are not written the same as single-camera shows. Gunnar is one of the few writing coaches in Hollywood who can explain the difference and help guide you in both formats. New writers and experienced writers will benefit...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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Constructing the Short Story

SF Creative Writing Institute

This four-week workshop will lead you through the construction of a short story, from conception to revision, with the goal of having a potentially publishable piece to submit to literary journals or genre fiction magazines by the end of the class. Students will read two short stories per week, develop a story of their own through exercises and drafting, critique one another’s first draft, and then submit a revised piece at the beginning of the...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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21st Century Poetics & Social Media

SF Creative Writing Institute

This 4-week workshop offers a brief history and introduction to the intersection of new media and poetry. We will read and write poetry that crosses boundaries and engages modern technology and media tools to make poetry more accessible and appeal to a broader audience. Students will study the work of a new generation of tech-savvy young writers, who are transforming poetry by combining graphics, video, podcasting and other social media with traditional...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Online Poetry For Everyone

The Writers Studio

The Writers Studio has been helping writers online for 20 years using our custom, easy to use online classrooms. Our online students publish, win awards, and achieve full creative expression. Students get personal feedback from the teacher every week. Are you a dedicated prose writer, but sometimes just want to write a poem? (As Vladimir Nabokov wrote, “You have to saturate yourself with English poetry in order to compose English prose.”) Have...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$375

6 sessions

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Online Writing Prose Poetry

The Writers Studio

Writing prose poetry is exciting, fun, and challenging. Prose poems vary a great deal. They display an abundance of different narrators and approaches: the one common element is that sentences, rather than free or metrical verse, drive the writing. In this six-week class, you will sample diverse exercises based on accessible, yet artistically challenging and satisfying, models.  In the optional weekly, unrecorded live discussions, we will discuss...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$375

6 sessions

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Online Essays and the Persona Narrator

The Writers Studio

Discover the art of crafting compelling essays as you explore the works of renowned essayists. Dive into the techniques of persona narration and other elements of craft that bring the material to life and engage the reader. Join us for an immersive six-week class conducted via video chat using Zoom.

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$385

6 sessions

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Over-50 Memoir Workshop (Ages 50+)

The Writers Studio

Unleash your storytelling skills and embark on a transformative journey with our online workshop that guides aspiring memoir writers aged 50 and above. Dive into the art of memoir writing, exploring different narrative techniques and learning from established authors in the genre. Join us to unravel the truths of your life and craft a compelling memoir that will resonate with readers.

(7) All levels 21 and older
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$385

6 sessions

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Online Flash Fiction

The Writers Studio

Are you curious about this very short story form? Do you have a story you want to tell in about 1,000 words? Flash fiction is a fun challenge for any writer, and it’s a great way to explore different narrative styles and techniques. In this six-week class, we’ll look at several examples of very short fiction. Each week, you will write a short, complete prose piece modeled on a writer’s example. The teacher chooses these exercises from a variety...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$385

6 sessions

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Online Crafting Fantastic and Imaginative Worlds

The Writers Studio

Your favorite writers and poets of speculative literature (including science fiction, fantasy, and horror) use narrative techniques like persona narrators, point of view, and tone as well as worldbuilding to craft fantastic and imaginative worlds that parallel, reflect, and critique our own real world. Imagining utopias, dystopias, dinosaurs, aliens, monsters, magical beings and systems, and sentient cities and starships to speculate about past...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$385

6 sessions

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