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• Bringing Your Characters To Life Creating believable characters is key to writing a good story or novel. People may not be able to recall every detail of the plot of their favorite movie or book, but they generally can tell you every eccentricity of their favorite hero. Assumi...
• Children's Fiction: In-Depth Plotting Plot designs are not something 'set-in-stone' by magazine editors (or teachers of Creative Writing courses). Just as an architect uses blueprints, so do writers of short stories for children. No one buys a house if the architect does not know how to desig...
• Creative Writing 101: Strategies, Exercises and Support 'Creative Energy-Flow and the Written Word' is an attempt to capture what cannot be held in hand or thought--the elusive riddle of human creativity as we find it in our writing. Here we look at various forms and genres (books, dramas and plays, poetry, e...
• How to Get Published: What You Absolutely Must Know This is a savvy, must-do course that gives aspiring writers a real edge by revealing the required formats, necessary steps and vital inside secrets for getting publishers to say 'yes.' This course reveals facts about the publishing industry that most writ...
• How To Write A Screenplay Learn to write a screenplay!  This course is for anyone who loves movies and loves to write.  This is the first exciting step to writing and completing a feature length screenplay. This class will consist of 11 lessons, 10 quizzes, 10...
• Memoir Writing Memoir Writing ~ Yo u have a story to tell  ~     Write.   Learn.   Belong. Pass on your family stories to future generations. Interactive live teacher you can talk with No time limits on assignments   Would you ...
• Novel Writing 101 From character and plot-conflict development to infusing a unique style and specialized writing techniques, the steps to writing a novel--while not utterly impossible--do require a dedicated, disciplined approach.   By committing to the steps out...
• Poetry 101: The Way We Word An introduction to the tools of poetry: imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, rhyme, and form. By the end of the course, students should have a clear understanding of what makes a poem a poem, as well as a handful of new poems that they have written. Through ...
• Write Short Stories for Children This course is designed for those who wish to write short stories for children. It will lead the student through the basics of this art form into the specifics of characterization, age groups, plotting and outlining, drafting a story for children, rewriti...
• Write Tidbits for Tots through Teens This course is designed for those who consider writing nonfiction for kids a creative venture. It is designed to help the writer sell two types of short fillers that abound in children's magazines: crafts and recipes. A short segment also will concern wri...
• Writing Articles for the Niche Market This course is an introduction to the nonfiction niche market and techniques for placing articles with these publishers. Magazines that specialize in niche topics -- such as particular hobbies, sports, historical eras or political causes -- offer a larg...
• Writing the Great American Short Story A pair of hands on the keyboard, a blank screen, and a single wish: You want to write the Great American Short Story! You've read many of them -- Poe's Black Cat, Cheever's Enormous Radio, Welty's The Worn Path -- but have you come close to writing a tal...