Action: Teen Scriptwriting

Explore writing scripts for movies, TV, and plays.

Blog Basics

Everything you need to know to launch a blog—conception, setting up, content, and attracting readers.

Blog Writing

How to write blog content strangers will want to read.

Business Writing

The basic principles of good business writing, to make writing easier and more effective.

Character

Explore the art of bringing characters to life—for fiction, nonfiction, and scripts.

Children’s Book Writing

Books for toddlers to teenagers—picture books through young adult novels.

Comics and Graphic Novels

Graphic narratives—where words and images work together to tell stories that span all genres.

Creative Nonfiction 101

A great entry point for the creative forms of nonfiction—including memoir, essay, feature articles, and reviews.

Creative Writing 101

A great entry point for all prose writing—fiction or nonfiction.

Dialogue

Explore the art of creating effective dialogue—for fiction, nonfiction, and scripts.

Documentary Films

Conceive, capture, and shape true stories on film.

Essay & Opinion Writing

Various types of viewpoint writing—essays, op-eds, reviews, and more.

Feature Article Writing

Feature articles are the story-driven side of journalism, covering topics either earth-shaking or frivolous.

Fiction Writing

All short stories, novels, and novellas welcome—literary, mainstream, or genre.

Food Writing

Tour the spectrum of food writing—reviews, memoir, essay, articles, blogs, and books.

Grammar!

Grammar 1: The Basics
Grammar 2: Expertise and Finesse

Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction

Taking advantage of the many avenues for publishing short nonfiction pieces—articles, essays, and more.

How To Get Published

Navigating the publishing industry, for both novels and nonfiction books.

How To Sell Your Script

Navigating the film and TV industry, for selling your movie and TV scripts.

Humor Writing

Prose writing with a humorous slant—fiction, memoir, essay, you name it.

In(verse): Poetic Techniques for Non-Poets

Borrow the secrets of poetry to make all forms of writing better—fiction, nonfiction, scripts, anything.

Inside Writing

Just Write

A time and place to…just write.

Memoir Writing

True stories about aspects of the writer’s life, whether essay or book-length.

Mystery Writing

Where crime is a central element—whodunits, thrillers, espionage, or just stories with crime.

Nonfiction Book Proposal

Most nonfiction books are sold on the basis of a proposal—a sales document for the book-to-be.

Novel Writing

All novels and novellas welcome—literary, mainstream, or genre.

Pen on Fire

Push past obstacles to write like your pen is on fire—fiction or nonfiction.

Personal Essay Writing

The writer’s view on a topic, interlaced with experiences from the writer’s life.

Playwriting

Write a play—realistic or surreal, full-length or one-act, Broadway or a basement.

Plot

Learn the elusive art of plotting—for fiction, nonfiction, and scripts.

Plot 1: Mechanics
Plot 2: Machinations

Poetry Writing

Maximum potency. Minimum of words. The art of poetry.

Reading Fiction

Analyzing short stories and novels from a writer’s perspective.

Romance Writing

Writing for the romance “lines”—contemporary, historical, paranormal, urban, and more.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing

All speculative fiction welcome—science fiction, fantasy, or horror.

Screenwriting

Write a movie—indie or mainstream, short or feature-length, any genre you please.

Scripts in Focus

Analyzing film and TV scripts from a writer’s perspective.

Social Media

The ins and outs of the major social media platforms—for writers and businesses.

Songwriting

Create music and lyrics for songs—pop, rock, rap, country, anything that sings.

Stand-Up Comedy Writing

Write and perform material that makes a crowd of people laugh.

The Editor’s Eye

Develop the critical eye needed to be your own best editor.

The Writer’s Mind

Explore the hidden wealth in the deeper recesses of your mind.

Travel Writing

Tour the spectrum of travel writing—articles, memoir, essay, blogs, and guidebooks.

True Story: Teen Creative Nonfiction

Explore the creative forms of nonfiction—including memoir, essay, feature articles, and reviews.

TV Writing

Write a TV show—comedy, drama, something in-between, original or on-the-air.

Unbound: Teen Creative Writing

Explore creativity in writing, with both fiction and nonfiction.

Video Game Writing

Writing for video games, and, yes, they need good writers.

Web Series

Conceiving, creating, and publicizing online videos—a great way to get your work out there.

Write-In

For two hours, you write from writing intriguing prompts and socialize over food and drink.

Writing Scripts 101

A great entry point for all scriptwriting—movies, TV, plays.