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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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Podcasting 101

Writing Pad

Learn the ins and outs of podcasting from industry expert Laura Cathcart-Robbins at Writing Pad. Develop your interviewing skills, explore different podcast formats, and gain essential audio editing knowledge to create your own successful show. Don't miss this opportunity to launch your podcasting career.

(60) Beginner 18 and older
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Novel Structure: A Writer's Toolkit

Writing Pad

Learn to craft compelling plots, dynamic characters, and gripping narratives with our comprehensive course on novel structure. Master the art of structuring a novel and capture your readers' attention from start to finish.

(60) All levels 16 and older
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Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror and Romance for Novel and Short Story: A Genre Workshop

Writing Pad

Unleash your imagination and craft captivating stories in exotic worlds with renowned genre expert Jen Brody. Dive into creating compelling characters and building vivid settings in this engaging workshop. Join the ranks of successful authors who have honed their craft under Jen's guidance.

(60) All levels 16 and older
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Writing for Online Blogs, Magazines, and Websites

Mt. San Antonio College

Learn the art of writing for online platforms and discover over 1,000 paid opportunities, how to generate story ideas, conduct interviews, and protect your copyright. Uncover the secrets to creating query letters, monetizing your blog, and using your credibility to sell articles or even your novels. Enhance your writing skills and open doors to a world of online writing possibilities.

(81) All levels 18 and older
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Write Your Drama Pilot in Six Weeks

Screenwriters University

Television pilot writing was once a carefully guarded inner sanctum limited almost exclusively to showbiz insiders. With the recent explosion of successful cable dramas and Internet viewing, it’s now possible for writers without a strong track record or network connections to get producers and executives to read and sometimes even buy their pilot scripts. If you sell a pilot, you’ve reached the pinnacle of TV writing success. It’s extremely...

All levels 16 and older
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$399.99

6 sessions

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Screenwriting Shadow Structure

Meditative Writing

Are you feeling lost with screenplay structure but don't like the paint by number algorithms handed to the masses by the screenwriting books?Would you like to discover ways of approaching structure that allow your character and story to be as unique as you are while still meeting the requirements of the industry?Would you like to feel structure as an extension of yourself and your voice rather than an external attachment?Would you prefer...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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Screenwriting Relationship Structure

Meditative Writing

Are you feeling lost with screenplay structure but don't like the paint by number algorithms handed to the masses by the screenwriting books?Would you like to discover ways of approaching structure that allow your character and story to be as unique as you are while still meeting the requirements of the industry?Would you like to feel structure as an extension of yourself and your voice rather than an external attachment?Would you prefer...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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Journal to the Self

Marcy Sproull

In the Journal to the Self workshop designed and developed by Kathleen Adams and based on her book of the same name, you will experience 18 different journal techniques: Alphapoems, Artmaking, Captured Moments, Character Sketch, Clustering, Dialogue, Dream Log, 5-Minute Sprint, Guided Imagery, Inner Wisdom, Inventory, Lists of 100, Perspectives, Springboards, Stream of Consciousness, Time Capsule, Topics du Jour, and Unsent Letters. Check out the...

All levels 18 and older
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$350

6 sessions

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Drop-In Poetry Workshop

SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom

The SF Creative Writing Institute’s monthly Drop-in Poetry Workshops are one-off, three-hour workshops taught by a variety of talented instructors with different styles and themes. Poets of all levels are invited to join us for inspiration, lessons & techniques, generative prompts, sharing and feedback.  Drop-ins are a great way to get a sense of different instructors’ styles before committing to a longer workshop, or for some spontaneous...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Six-Week Online Sitcom Pilot Workshop

Write That Script

Class can be accessed any time and day each week. You're not required to be online on specified days or times. This six-week workshop takes students from an idea to a completed pilot script. Students will design their series, craft their pilot outline, and write the script in an online course designed to mimic working in an virtual TV writers’ room. This is accomplished through a combination of lectures, examples, assignments, and interviews with...

All levels 16 and older
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$295
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Four Weeks to Your Sitcom Pilot

Screenwriters University

Think of your favorite television situation comedies. What do you remember? Jokes? Chances are what remains in our memory most fondly aren’t one-line gags and witticisms so much as the characters populating that sitcom. Lucy Ricardo. Hawkeye Pierce. Archie Bunker. Homer Simpson. Jerry Seinfeld. Liz Lemon. You enjoyed their company during that regular half-hour with them because they invariably made you laugh. And not only main characters but supporting...

All levels 16 and older
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$299.99

5 sessions

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Story Analysis for Readers and Writers

On the Page

FOR THE SCRIPT READER Learn the basics of script coverage and develop the analytical skills you need to work as a script reader, producer or development executive. FOR THE SCRIPT WRITER Approach your script in a new way, by thinking like a script reader. Learn shortcuts to creating a killer logline and story synopsis—necessary tools for all screenwriters. TOPICS COVERED Script and story analysis The components of script coverage Tips...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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The Value of Knowing Your Copyrights

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ *Virtual Classroom

The Value of Knowing Your Copyrights: Introduction to Copyrights for Photographers This introductory webinar will cover basic concepts of copyright law for photographers. This introductory webinar will cover basic concepts of copyright law for photographers. Discussion topics will include the idea / expression dichotomy, legal remedies, DMCA take downs, court rulings on copyright infringement lawsuits, the fair use doctrine, the “small claims”...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Expressive Writing for Emotional Healing

Infinity Foundation - Virtually Online

Explore the power of expressive writing to process difficult emotions and heal from your trauma. Discover how to effectively release and resolve troubling memories through the therapeutic use of language. Join this transformative course at Infinity Foundation.

(33) All levels 16 and older
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Creating the Viral Web Series

Screenwriters University

In recent years, the Internet has created the space for an entirely new storytelling format: the web series. Cheap to make and easily accessible for viewers, a web series can be the perfect way for you to get started as a filmmaker and be noticed for your talent. All you need is the right set of tools and skills. Although unique in format and distribution, the web series at its core contains the same basic elements that we look for in every type...

All levels 16 and older
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$199.99

5 sessions

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Mastering the Conventions of Horror Writing

Screenwriters University

Horror has been one of the staples of film ever since the medium was invented. Perhaps that’s because the genre taps into our most primal fears—isolation, the unknown, and death—in a visual, visceral way. But at the same time that we’re frightened out of our wits, we are granted the safety and protection of the theater. It’s the best of all possible worlds. For producers, making horror movies is a no-brainer: Intelligently written horror...

All levels 16 and older
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$199.99

5 sessions

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Professional Playwriting: Genre, Character, and Voice

Screenwriters University

You’ve written a play or two, maybe three, four or more. You know how to write a scene with a beginning, middle and end, and an understanding of character and dialogue. But you wish to level up your game, expand your horizons and take playwriting to the next level. This means sharpening the tools of the trade, exploring the diversity of performance choices for the stage and developing an awareness of how you can best use theatre and playwriting...

Advanced 16 and older
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$249.99

7 sessions

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Powerful Endings to Hook Your Reader

Screenwriters University

Hook your reader with a powerful ending that will convert him or her into a fan of your screenplay. All's well that ends well, and it's your ending that leaves that lasting impression on readers. Regardless of your genre, your ending is also the secret to a captivating beginning, and “writing backwards” is only one of many tools you will be handed to craft your powerful ending. Write as you learn in this unique course that provides instruction,...

All levels 16 and older
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$179.99

5 sessions

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Introduction to Playwriting

Screenwriters University

There are few feelings more exciting than sitting in the back of a dark theatre watching live actors perform your words, while an audience laughs and cries or even shifts uncomfortably in their seats — and eventually bursts into applause. It’s like watching a chemical reaction that produces an incredible energy, an energy unique to the live stage. An energy that all begins with the playwright. Whether you’ve never written anything before or...

All levels 16 and older
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$149.99

5 sessions

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Humor Writing with Patricia Marx

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

A workshop for anyone who wants to write funny.  Read, listen to and watch comedic samples from well-known and lesser-known humorists and complete weekly writing assignments. Students already working on projects are welcome to develop them here.

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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$385

3 sessions

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