Online Class: Creative Writing for Beginners

Course Lessons

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Creative Writing

  This course teaches you the basics, and gives you the skill sets you need to start creating your written works of art.

• Lesson 2: Exploring Creative Writing

  People write for many reasons.Some write for their own personal enjoyment. Others write as gifts to others.

• Lesson 3: Secrets of Creative Writing

  When you learn to use the tools that professional writers use, you truly master creative writing.

• Lesson 4: Elements of Short Story and Fiction Writing

  In this lesson you'll learn components you need to write a narrative.

• Lesson 5: Dialogue

  Dialogue is defined as a conversation between two or more characters or people.

• Lesson 6: Point of View

  The point of view that you choose in your writing will depend on what you want to accomplish, your story itself, and how much influence you want a character to have over each scene.

• Lesson 7: Writing Nonfiction

  In this lesson, we're going to focus on the three types of nonfiction that appeal to most creative writers.

• Lesson 8: Writing Poetry

  Poetry is a beautiful art, and it's an art that you're going to learn about in this lesson.

• Lesson 9: Writing Articles, Blogs, and Journalistic Pieces

  What you learn in this lesson can be used to write articles for article banks, blogs, or newspapers, both online and off.

• Lesson 10: Writing Dramas, Scripts, and Screenplays

  Writers who write dramas are often called screenwriters, and sometimes scriptwriters, because the words they write will often be acted out on stage, instead of just read from a book.

• Lesson 11: The Importance of Editing

  Editing is the process of arranging, revising, and preparing work for publication.

• Lesson 12: Overcoming Writer's Block

  Writer's block is a phrase that's used when someone who wants to write can't.

• Lesson 13: Unlocking Your Creativity

  This lesson is full of creative writing prompts you can use to unlock your creativity to produce ideas, then flesh them out once you come up with them.

• Lesson 14: Resources for Writers

  Most people who write on a regular basis want to publish their work.

• Lesson 15: Publishing Your Writing

  You're going to learn the various ways you can build a name for yourself and publish your work, as well as the best ways to make money from your writing.