Creative Writing

Coursera will host Wesleyan's Creative Writing course starting February 9 - auditing is free.

This is actually a Specialization , but if you try to enroll through that page you won't get the "audit" option. View the individual courses if you wish to enroll as an auditor.

This is a new course, so I don't know what to expect in terms of quality. Auditors don't get graded, but I'm hoping to still get the peer review mechanic Coursera usually uses with free courses.

Does anyone want to take this online creative writing course with me?

My advice is to the this Coursera Creative writing class so you make up better stories.

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

Good luck

Coursera has a very extensive Creative Writing course. It is paid but you can request financial assistance, which covers the whole course for free.

As others mentioned, Brandon Sanderson's lectures are great. I also recommend the book How Fiction Works by James Wood.

Este es buenísimo y empieza hoy en Coursera, gratis. Es de los mejores que he tomado. También en Stanford (aunque esos sí cuestan) hay unos excelentes que te dan escritores reconocidos y revisan tu trabajo.

Coursera Creative Writing Specialization

I hadn’t written in a long time either. Take one of the Wesleyan creative writing specialization courses on Coursera. This truly helped me get back in the groove without feeling overwhelmed. The assignments had a very small word count. The small word count really brought my creativity out of hiding. So I always felt like I had a worthy piece without having to write a novel. The course is only free for the first week now (used to be totally free), but you can apply for a scholarship if you can’t afford it. The process is super simple and short. If you can pay, it’s worth every penny. I believe each course is only 5 weeks long. Best of all I really enjoyed doing every assignment. Check it out... https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

Thank you for asking this question. It reminded me how much I enjoyed doing the course. I’m going to sign up for the next one.

You may want to sign up for this Coursera specialization on creative writing. It's free to enroll and you might find the instructor videos useful. You only have to pay if you want to submit assignments, receive feedback, or get certificates.

I'd also encourage you to make a point of reading more fiction in general. Explore different authors (amateur and professional) and genres (beyond BL) so that you can enhance your writing and your literary standards.

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https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

Lots of free online classes like this…

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

I took this series of courses (free unless you want a certificate). It helped me a lot as a writer.

This is a really good course. Helpful and informative. The best part is the lessons get you writing and force you to try your hand at writing with a goal in mind and your peers evaluate it afterwards.

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing
This one is free

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

It's free

I was wondering about the same. I looked for some free Moocs on creative writing. I found one on FutureLearn - " Start Writing Fiction" and another in Coursera - " Creative Writing".

Links:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

Maybe these courses can help?

one, two, three, four

Not sure what constitutes good... but if you want an actual online-based course with instructors who will read your shit and provide professional feedback try this: https://www.nzwriterscollege.co.nz/

You can pay by credit card from anywhere in the world. You will be mentored by published authors and you can work your way from a novice to novel writer in a couple of years. It's not too expensive - if you already have a job, i.e. you need to pay upfront.

You can go for cheaper courses through Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

You are peer-assessed and in my opinion, does not make you a better writer as it's a bunch of amateurs criticising your work - so a lot more subjective.

Hi - you've got some really good stuff here, content wise, but before you worry about what is 'scary' you have to master the basics of English grammar. Not a dig, but if you're seriously considering writing, you'll need to be able to discern where one paragraph ends and another begins. That first page, man, it's not a run on sentence, per se, but it may as well have been because there is only 1 paragraph on that entire first page.

Suggest you have a look here ------>English Grammar 101

Secondly, and most importantly, you have mastered narrative expertly. You've really got a knack for describing scary stuff, but the thing with creative writing is to SHOW not tell. Now what does that mean? I've done a search for you and the results are here --------> Show, don't tell

If I were you, I'd be checking out the creative writing sites on the web - there are many to choose from. Secondly, I'd pick up an English language/grammar class and/or creative writing MOOC. A lot of them are free (audit the class) but if you have the spare jack, then you can pay some nominal amount for the verifiable cert of completion - that would help to prove you took the class and passed it. May even be able to impress colleges (assuming you're going that route). You can also apply for financial aid. Start with Coursera. It's very intuitive (user-friendly). I'm taking a creative writing class offered on that platform, currently, and getting a lot out of it. I'm also supplementing the class with independent research, as well, since there is no one-on-one with the instructor of a MOOC.

Coursera - Creative Writing Speciality

You're on the right track if you want to be a writer. Focus on English classes in HS. Try to pick up some AP stuff. Do anything you can to write -HS newspaper, yearbook, clubs, etc. If your school doesn't have any of that, it's OK because you can find all of it on the web. Start a blog. Whatever gets you writing. The best way to be a writer is to write. Everyday.

Good luck.

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Free Ones:

This one is a free one and gives you some really good basic knowledge: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/creative-writing/start-writing-fiction/content-section-0?active-tab=content-tab

And I also really liked this one, because they interview real authors and they have really good tips on rookie mistakes: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/creative-writing

Reedsy has some lovely 10-day courses for writing and they are also completely free. https://blog.reedsy.com/learning/courses/writing/

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Paid:

The GreatCourses Plus is a great site for some really in depth courses. My favourite was this one:

https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/how-to-write-best-selling-fiction?tn=Also+By+This+Professor_0_0

The first month is for free, so you can check it out and there is no need to continue if you are not happy with the site.