Student Quotes

Great and informative!

The instructor's lightning passion for screenwriting made the class engaging every minute.

I thoroughly enjoyed learning about romance novels and was surprised to find them to be such a structured piece of art. The instructor illuminated the distinctions and difficulties inherent in romance writing. She also provided us with the resources to work on our craft and tips to avoid pitfalls that many writers fall into, especially the traps that come with this particular style of writing.

Nothing about the course felt intimidating, yet the instructor and subjects/assignments were sophisticated and enormously fun.

A great first step to the writing experience, to get the creative juices flowing.

This is a terrific opportunity to get in there and write in a supportive, engaging, constructive environment.

The instructor was better than my college professors. He really cared about my writing and made suggestions to improve the content and flow of all my submissions. He was very inspiring and motivatingr!

Take this class to learn the basics of writing. There are so many aspects to writing, some that I had never thought of. Extremely helpful!

It is intoxicating to sit in a room full of passionate, imaginative people, all of whom are giving their creativity free rein.

You will leave a much more confident writer than when you began.

An action-oriented approach to songwriting where you'll learn to pay better attention to your writing, be pressured to produce work, get quality feedback about your songs, and learn ways to tap into an actual career in music/songwriting.

This is an incredibly motivating class that focuses both on the tactics of getting a novel onto paper and the process of keeping those ideas flowing.

This course has changed my perspective on fiction.

If you're looking for a challenging and fun overview of nonfiction writing, this is the class for you. Each week covers a different area of nonfiction, which means you get to try lots of different things, and hopefully find the one that speaks to you. I know more now than I did going in, and feel confident signing up for a more in-depth class on a particular area of nonfiction now, thanks to the great structure and teacher.

I didn't know I would get so much out of a course, much less an online one. This was not only my first writing class, but my first online class in general, and I'd recommend this to any of my friends and acquaintances who show an interest.

Serious, interactive introduction to the craft of mystery writing.

I drove one and half hours each way for this course and I can't wait to do it again!

This is the first class you want to take if you have a serious interest in writing creative nonfiction.

Take it, take it, take it. It is lots of fun - you meet people of all ages, all walks of life from all over the world. The course is rich not only because of the excellent instructors but because of the fellow students!

Each prompt had me tapping into a keg of creativity that I never could have imagined.