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Unlock your writing potential with online professional writing classes. From creative writing to technical writing, these courses offer valuable skills and expert guidance to help you become a versatile and accomplished writer.

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Fundamentals of Screenwriting

Meditative Writing

Join us for an 8 week dive into the new fundamentals of screenwriting. No paint-by-numbers approach here. We will learn and practice an approach to visual story telling inspired by the psychology of creativity and storytelling for the screen. Get your questions answered and develop an approach to screenwriting that works for you! Week 1: Discovering Your Storytelling Voice Introduction to Meditative Writing and the philosophy behind the course...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$599

8 sessions

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YogaProse: A Virtual Yoga & Writing Workshop

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Spark Your Health presents a virtual combination yoga and writing class with writer and yoga teacher, Jennifer Lang. In this session, you’ll be doing a deep dive into how your body is feeling, and then having an opportunity to express those sensations through journaling. Participants can expect to tune into their breath through a slow vinyasa flow, and then will have an opportunity to sit with their breath, observe, to tune...

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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Solo Show 1: Writing

The Barrow Group Acting School @ Live Online

In this 4-week class, students will begin crafting and writing their own solo show. The class begins with an overview of script analysis and story structure. Then, students will share an outline of their show for review and dramaturgy.  During the last session, students will share a fully formed draft of an excerpt of their show.  Please bring in your solo show (or ideas for a solo show), in whatever shape it is in, to the first class...

(66) Beginner 18 and older
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$295

4 sessions

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Online Solo Show 2: Performance

The Barrow Group Acting School @ Live Online

In this 6-week class, students will continue to draft their solo show while focusing on performance, using The Barrow Group acting tools. The class culminates in a sharing of 5-10 minute excerpts of their pieces. Prerequisite: Students must have completed Solo Show I: Writing or the 10-Week Solo Show I class.

(66) Intermediate 18 and older
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$395

6 sessions

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Creative Writing (Ages 11-13)

Writing Pad

Do you have a middle grader who’s interested in creative writing? What if they could sample poetry, short story, personal essay or middle grade writing? In this four-session live online creative writing class, your 11-13-year-old will get the chance to try each of these forms in two-hour sessions tailored just for them taught by an award-winning writer with expertise in working kids from this age group.  Each class includes fun craft talks,...

(60) All levels 11 - 13 years old
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Creative Writing for Teens

Writing Pad

Do you have a high schooler who’s interested in creative writing? What if they could sample short story, screenwriting, personal essays or novel writing? In this four-session live online creative writing class, your 14-18-year-old will get the chance to try each of these forms in two-hour sessions tailored just for them taught by an award-winning writer with expertise in working kids from this age group.  Each class includes fun craft talks,...

(60) All levels 14 - 18 years old
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Meditative Writing Level 2: 1st Draft/Rewrite Intensive

Meditative Writing

Do you wish you could just lock yourself in a room and bang out a rewrite in one weekend? Okay, let's do it. Use Intervaled Story Structure-Guided Visual Meditation to step into your characters at the top of each scene.  Connect with the wants and needs of your character that build scene structure.  Great for screenplays, plays, TV scripts or novels.  ​ ​Prerequisite:  Meditative Writing Level 1...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$475

3 sessions

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TV /Film Workshop

Meditative Writing @ Virtual Classroom

Want to workshop your entire TV pilot? Want to workshop half of your feature screenplay? Interested to find out how readers will experience your work? Each week we will  workshop an entire pilot/pitch bible or half a screenplay.  Each writer will get feedback on their script and will learn tools demonstrated in other writers' works.  You will leave with a solid plan for rewriting or polishing your script.  ...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$479

6 sessions

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Meditative Writing: Creative/Artistic Health

Meditative Writing

You know you are meant to create but you haven't been creating. Or perhaps you sit down but the process feels empty. Perhaps you haven't picked up your pen, paintbrush, guitar, or ballet slippers in months, days, years.   You are suffering but don't know what to do or where to start.  Or maybe you just might want to do some preventative care, knowing that the road will be hard ahead, so you want to give yourself the...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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$475

10 sessions

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Fine-tuning Your Story in a Supportive Community

Continuing Professional Studies at Bank

Join a committed community of writers at Continuing Professional Studies at Bank for a supportive and interactive workshop. Receive valuable feedback on your works in progress and gain insights from guest speakers in the publishing industry. Prerequisite: Writing for Children: Finding Your Voice.

(17) All levels 18 and older
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$390

5 sessions

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Basics of Narrative Writing

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Narrative writing is a chronological, character-centered, scene-driven genre that deeply engages readers and triggers empathy for a story. But this description is only the armature of narrative writing; the discipline also requires writers to open up their writing. In this hands-on two-session workshop, writers will learn how to do just that. The class will be organized as follows: Read, discuss, write. In the first session, students will...

(64) Beginner 18 and older
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$79

2 sessions

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From the Page to the Stage: A One-Person Show Workshop

Writing Pad

Are you an actor or a comedian yearning for your 15 minutes of fame? A solo-show could help launch your re you an actor or a comedian yearning for your 15 minutes of fame? A solo-show could help launch your career and get you the attention that you deserve. Or maybe you have a solo show but want to take it to the next level? In this intensive two-week Online Solo Show Workshop, actress and writer Lauren Weedman (The Kominsky Method, 10 award-winning...

(60) All levels 16 and older
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Online Writing In A Pandemic

The Writers Studio

How do you write during a global pandemic? One way: Turn to earlier writers for help. While the coronavirus may be new, pandemics aren’t. From past pandemics both real and imagined, there’s a wealth of good writing you can use as a model for your own work. This six-week online writing workshop follows The Writers Studio’s approach to teaching creative writing by offering exercises based on the personas used in works by published writers. For...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$325

6 sessions

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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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The Art of the Chapbook

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 25 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA

Chapbooks are an art and a craft. The format is increasingly popular in the indie lit world and a calling card for many respected poets. In this course, we will develop manuscripts for publication in chapbook form that are “market ready.” Even if you feel you haven’t yet generated enough material to put a chap collection together, we’ve got you covered. The workshop will also go over the various options for publication, distribution, and...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$375

6 sessions

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TV and Screenwriting Representation

Writing Pad

Do you have that killer pilot or movie script that’s dying to be sold but you have no idea how to get it to the right person? The best way to get a manager is to know one. Enter Chad Snopek, manager of Mark Friedman (Executive Producer, Fox’s “Wayward Pines”) and producer, to take you through the process of finding literary representation. In this Online TV and Screenwriter Representation workshop, Chad will give you an overview of the...

(60) All levels 16 and older
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$225
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TV Drama Pitching: Sell It In the Room

Writing Pad

You’ve worked hard to hone that super-fly Drama or Dramedy pilot premise with great characters, a compelling world, and an amazing pilot episode. So what’s next, a pitch meeting with a network exec, perhaps? How about a huge opportunity to learn pitching, branding techniques and pitch your show in front of an executive who develops shows for ABC? Enter Nathan Varni Director of Current Programming, Disney-ABC Television Group. In this two-day...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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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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Experimental Writing: Poetry & Lyric Essay

SF Creative Writing Institute

Are you a poet always on the brink of a narrative essay, or a fiction writer who craves genre-breaking inspiration? Do you write creative nonfiction but feel there’s something lackluster in your approach? Or are you new to writing and looking for an entry point? Let’s face it, these past few years have been anything but commonplace – and we need fresh writing to reflect what’s transpired in our society, and within each of us. In this 6-week...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$395

4 sessions

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Poetry of Reclamation

SF Creative Writing Institute

Uncover the sacred stories that shape your journey and explore the myths and memories that intertwine with your personal narratives. Join this four-week poetry workshop and embark on a profound journey of self-discovery through the power of words. Find your voice and connect with others as you delve into the complexities of life's patterns and unveil the constants of your inner world.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$395

4 sessions

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