Creative Writing I - This course is the first in a three-part series of creative writing courses. It is a wonderfully imaginative course full of lots of exercises for developing, expressing and freeing your creativity on paper. Highly recommended. Taught by a college instructor and published author.

Creative Writing Peer Mentoring Workshop - This is an online course and you can begin receiving instruction online from Instructor Julie Ann Dawson right now. You'll get personalized instruction, you can learn at your own pace, track your progress with detailed analysis, and receive feedback from a real expert in the field.

Creative Writing Series: Creative Writing I, II and III - Creative Writing Series takes you on a creative writing journey into freeing your creativity, expression, creative writing style exploration; and creative writing techniques such as characterization, plotting, perspectiving, foreshadowing and symbolism, description and detailing.

How to Write a Novel - This is an online course and you can begin receiving instruction online from Instructor Suzanne James right now. Don't miss out on instruction from a real expert in the field, giving you personalized assistance, and documenting all of your progress which you can add to your resume or portfolio. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

How to Write and Edit a Novel - This is a complete instructor-led online writing course. Learn to write, edit, and polish your novel. Cover all the basic elements you need to finish your book, get it past the editors, and get published. Taught by an editor you will improve your writing in weeks. Create better characters and stronger plot lines. You can stay on one topic until you feel confident you have mastered it before you continue. 20 Topics, taught step by step take the confustion out of writing, and giving you the basics needed to edit and rewrite your book. These internet workshops build on each other making novel writing seem easy, getting published within your grasp, and rewriting simple. Based on a University course it offers the same as other online writing courses, and offers the same instruction as RWA Romance Writers of America, eharlequine, writers digest, and write your own novel course.

How to Write and Edit a Novel : Part 2 - Taking this course would help a writer become an author. They would learn how to use the techniques they have been taught when studying the craft of writing. This course takes them into the art of writing where they will learn how to defeat the dreaded synopsis. They will also learn how to create dynamic characters that move a plot forward and avoid many common mistakes that result in a rejection letter. These rejection letters can devastate most authors. Writer often stop writing when they receive a rejection letter. This course will go beyond teaching the art of writing to covering aspects found in the breakout novel, or page turner. A good novel will sell, publishers want them, editors need them. Editors are looking for marketable novels, but they also need writers who can edit. This course also moves past the novel and teaches writers how to write a synopsis. This tool will sell their submission to the editor. It is only a part of the submission like the partial, and the query letter. All work together to keep the writer's manuscipt out of the slush pile.

 

How to Write Romance - Suzanne wrote both a historical romance and a romantic suspense novel. To date she only received one rejection letter. Suzanne's novels are known for the characters ability to grow while facing their problems and conflicts, and for the way their relationship grows from one of conflict and strife to a believable pure love. How to fall in love, and what love is, are two topics covered in this course. Writers are taught how to use words and descriptions to show the character's emotions and trigger the reader's emotions. This creates emotional impact. While working as an editor Suzanne James edited several genres of romance from vampire and paranormal romance to inspirational romance. Some of these genres include Regencies, Scottish romance, Pirate, Gothic romance, Western romance, American Western romance, and contemporary romance. Whether an author is writing short stories or magazine inspirational stories, they will find this course informative. Students from the course “How to Write a Novel” will learn how to add elements of romance, love, and use flirting in their storyboards. In addition, this course ventures into some of the common mistakes and strengths made by writers like head hopping, passive voice, showing and telling, active voice, and dynamic characters. How to write articles covered: regency, historical romance, contemporary romance, inspirational romance, genre romance, category romance, short stories, true stories, preditors and editors, publishing scams, publishers, agents, how to aquire an agent, vanity press, self-publishing, all these are covered in the writing workshop style classes. Students who want to learn to write a romance will find everything they need to create strong characters, dynamic plots, good character motivation, build tension, increase the stakes, good endings, hooks, climax, black moments, breathers, blurbs, synopsis, query letters, partials, promotions, ebook publishers, digital publishers and POD publishers.

Writing Your First Novel in 7 Steps - This course will not only teach you how to write your first novel, it will introduce you to the world of writers, authors, and publishing. This Beginners Novel Writing Course is designed for people who have never written a novel. If you need to do any of the following, this course is a good place to start; Improve my vocabulary, improve my creative writing, polish a novel, edit, self-editing, and complete a novel, all are topics we will discuss. This course will give you the same information you would get by attending any of the basic writing courses, for a fraction of the price. Cheap writing courses are hard to find, I have broken up a complete novel writing course into several bite size sections. So you can move through at your own pace.

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This isn't exactly a workshop, but it's a group where you can share your work with other writer's, and even get their advice on how good it is.

 

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Six free creative writing classes: study the craft of fiction writing and write effective short stories, novels, plays and screenplays. Learn online and with writers from around the world.

A site where you can connect with others interested in sharing both the joys and the insanity of writing.

Forward Motion is filled with people working at various stages of their careers -- from those who have been repeatedly published to those trying to finish their first manuscripts.  We have members who write in various genres, and people working on everything from multi-book series to occasional bouts of poetry.

If you love writing, Forward Motion is the site for you.

Forward Motion's core purpose is to help writers become published, and our classes, boards and scheduled chats are aimed at those who are looking for professional publication.  We welcome serious writing hobbyists  as well, but our purpose and goals are geared toward professional careers.

If your frustrated about what your reading and how women are portrayed, join our group today, share your ideas, let us help you write your next story, poem, article. We listen, we help each other, and we share ideas. If one book can be written that can change our narrow minded society's view on full figured women into a positive and more confident role, then this group is worth your time. Please intro yourself when you join, and POST AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, Lurkers will be removed. We welcome you all.

This club offers writers of all persuasions—freelancers, journalists, screenwriters, poets, novelists, playwrights, songwriters—a place to post work, ask questions, talk about the craft, swap trade secrets, and discuss ways to improve.  Sharing, inspiring, supporting are the keys here.

African American Women coming together to Enjoy, Learn, Share, Support and Encourage each other on and about Writing.

An international community of professional writers united to provide a place to critique, encourage and help each other. Writers and poets in every market, and of every genre, are welcome to participate.

A focusing on critique, support and feedback for serious writers and creatives of all kinds. Writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, photographers, sculptors, performers, web designers and even gamers - but mostly serious writers - are all accepted and encouraged. Writer Circle is basically for folks who would like to share their work and receive the support and feedback from others to help finish, start and eventually release projects to the world at large. It is also for discussion of writing-related or creative topics and anything else that may be relevant. Work on your art every day but most of all, have fun!

Become a Better Writer!  An online writing workshop, open to all   romance writers--all genres, all levels--run by Online Writing Workshops.  Peer reviews,   writers' discussions, focus groups, professional reviews, monthly newsletter.

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