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Writing Classes & Webinars
COMING UP!
Coming January 20, 2022 — 2 PM ET
Self-Editing School
Editor Red Flags
By JoEllen Nordström — ProWritingAid
Learn how to edit your book!
NOTE: We record all webinars and send out a replay the following day. So, even if you are not able to make this date/time, it’s still worth registering to get the recording.
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Coming January 21, 2022
Novel Writing Virtual Conference
By Writer’s Digest University
This virtual conference will provide expert insights from SIX award-winning and best-selling authors on the finer points of how to write a novel.
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Coming January 25, 2022
NEWS: A Look at WordPress 5.9
WordPress.org
WordPress 5.9 is expected to be a ground-breaking release. It will introduce the next generation of themes.
Watch the YouTube video intro.
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Learn WordPress
WordPress.org
Whether you’re a first-time blogger or seasoned developer, there’s always more to learn. From community members all over the world, these vast resources will help you learn more about WordPress and share it with others.
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Class Starts February 3, 2022
Immersive Fiction
A story is a plot, characters, setting—but where it comes alive, or doesn’t, is in its details.
Instructor: Kathy Koja — Lit Reactor
Writers will learn to identify sense details—where writing actually meets the world, and becomes real in what readers can see, sense, feel, taste, hold—and how to create fully-realized, immersive fiction. This applies to any genre, any length work, and any writer who wants their work to be fully engaging. In our final session, we’ll explore ways that other media could be incorporated to further enrich the sense landscape.
Participants should have a finished piece of short fiction or novel excerpt ready for revision.
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Coming February 8, 2022
Narrator as Cinematographer
Instructor Joshua Mohr — Lit Reactor
Third person POV can read every bit as close as first — it just takes some skill to manufacture that ever important camaraderie between the reader and main character.
Class size limited to 16 students!
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Best Free Online Writing Courses
For Creative Writers, Fiction and Nonfiction
By Tom Corson-Knowles — TCK Publishing
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The Best-Loved Online Writing Courses
By The Novelry
As published authors who love working with writers, we’ve come together at The Novelry to make writing a little less lonely and to indulge our hearty appetites for storytelling.
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FREE Creative Writing Course
By About Writing
Covering plot& structure, character & development, writing effective, attractive prose, editing your work.
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FREE Creative Writing Courses
learning to write better fiction
By Keith Crawford
Would you like to write better stories? Create compelling characters? Bring your scenes to life?
We will cover plot & structure, character & development, writing effective, attractive prose, editing your work, and whatever else I fancy.
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FREE Short Publishing Courses
learn something new every week
By Reedsy Learning
Taught by experienced authors and publishing professionals, these free online writing courses and publishing classes have been prepared with your busy life in mind. Over a few minutes each day, you will join thousands of authors in learning how to write better, publish smarter, and sell more books.
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FREE Writing Courses
By Writers Write
Try one of our fabulous free courses. Create a writing habit.
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FREE Writing Courses
By Reedsy Learning
Select a topic, browse our lessons and enroll on a free 10-day course.
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Interlochen Writing Program
discover interlochen online
Hone your skills and discover new talents in an immersive online experience.
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Learn WordPress
WordPress.org
Whether you’re a first-time blogger or seasoned developer, there’s always more to learn. From community members all over the world, these vast resources will help you learn more about WordPress and share it with others.
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Online Classes from Writer’s Digest University
tell fascinating tales with our online writing workshops!
Whether you’re writing for publication, extra money, or to tell personal stories, Writer’s Digest University can help you get your writing career underway. Our expert instructors will provide advice, specific instruction, real-world experience, expertise, and the motivation and drive to help you achieve your goals.
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Online Creative Writing Courses
write fiction they can’t put down
Have you ever felt addicted to a book, so that you didn’t want to stop reading? Would you like to make your own fiction that addictive?
This 8-week course will put the tools in your hands.
INSTRUCTOR: Irresistible Fiction is taught by Nancy Strauss
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Online Writer Workshops
Find, share, propose, and request online writer workshops offered by writing organizations.
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Writing Webinars Hosted by CNF
By Creative Nonfiction
Webinars are open to writers at all levels. New webinars are announced regularly, so check back often or sign up for our newsletter.
Now Enrolling: Webinars run at 2 pm eastern time.
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