Thinking of Taking Online Writing Classes?

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UC Berkley Online

More than 200 of Extension's quality courses are available online, allowing you the flexibility to work on your schedule. Many courses can be started anytime and completed at your own pace.

Online courses provide the benefit of one-on-one interaction with instructors via e-mailed assignments and feedback, as well as live chat rooms. Course message boards give you the chance to participate in class discussions.

Editing—Online Courses
Editorial Workshop I: Introduction to Copyediting
Editorial Workshop II: Intermediate Copyediting
Indexing: Theory and Application

Writing—Online Courses
Composition and Literature
Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Developing the Novel I
Exploring Your Creative Writing Potential
Fundamentals of Screenwriting I
Fundamentals of Screenwriting II
Genres of Fiction: A Writing Workshop
Introduction to Memoir Writing
Introductory Composition
Manuscript Evaluation: Novel or Short Story Collection
Writing and Revising the Short Story
Writing the Feature Story

Info on the UCLA Extension Program

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UCLA Extension

What is online learning?

Online learning refers to classes conducted over the Internet. Courses and programs are offered online, using the web and email. Students register for courses, and an instructor teaches the material. Assignments and discussions take place through e-mail. UCLA Extension courses are "asynchronous," which means that you can log on any time to participate. Courses do have a start date and an end date, with assignments scheduled by the instructor.

The Writers’ Program Online

The world is always in need of writers who can illuminate the human condition—or provide a momentary escape from it. As the largest university-related writing program in the United States, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program provides thousands of aspiring and practicing writers with the necessary tools to make their stories come to life every year. Now, wherever you are in the world, you can be one of them—from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office. You can even earn a prestigious Certificate in Feature Film Writing entirely online.

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From blockbuster films to best-selling novels to literary publications in small presses, our success stories affirm that we regularly assist in making people’s dreams of publication and production come true. We offer more than a dozen online courses each quarter, taught by professional screenwriters, fiction writers, playwrights, poets, nonfiction writers and experts in allied fields. They bring practical experience, theoretical knowledge, and a wide variety of teaching styles and philosophies to their virtual classrooms. And of course, the online Writers’ Program’s open admissions policy, supportive atmosphere, and limited enrollment ensure that all students, whether they seek to write only for themselves or as professionals, enjoy personal attention as they are guided to create their best work.

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For more information, call (310) 794-1846 or (310) 825-0107, or e-mail writers@uclaextension.edu.


Creative Writing
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General Interest: Beginning and Novice Writers
General Interest: Special Subjects, Themes, or Genres
Fiction I
Fiction II
Fiction III
Nonfiction
Poetry
Publishing
Writing for the Youth Market

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UC Riverside Extension

Fiction Writing Certificate

Completion Requirements
To earn the certificate, participants must successfully complete (grade C or better) a total of 20 units: fifteen units of required courses and five units of electives.

Beginning Fiction Techniques

Fiction Workshop

(repeat 3 times for a total of 9 units)

One course in another genre (Nonfiction, Screenwriting, etc., with departmental approval)