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Best (free) Online writing course?

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Specifically creative writing. budget is tight. free to 15$ max. if anyone knows of courses like this, I'd love to know of them.

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Some free options:

Tim Claire’s Couch to 80k Bootcamp - This is a podcast series where you will do 10 minute writing exercises daily to get you in the habit of writing. Good for beginners or if you want some fun exercises to reignite the spark for writing. Tim has published non-fiction, fiction, and poetry, and he lectures at writing seminars.

Brandon Sanderson’s Creative Writing Lectures at BYU - this is a common recommendation, but just in case you haven’t seen it. This is the lecture portion of a creative writing course taught at BYU. The teacher is a very popular fantasy novelist and has tons of good advice.

u/thebestnobody avatar

Thanks for the links to the precise playlists.

u/MNealeWriting avatar

Thanks for the links! This is exactly the sort of thing I have been looking for.

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u/CodeLover1 avatar

The Open University in the UK runs a free 12 hour introductory course. As far as I'm aware it's open to anyone anywhere. Starts on Saturday 1st September.

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/creative-writing/start-writing-fiction/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

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Is it really that good?

u/herwords avatar

my local library has free online writing courses. check your local library.

I second this. I’m taking one through my public library and it’s decent. I’m new to creative writing though so I don’t have much to compare it to

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u/BradleyX avatar

Youtube is your friend. Search Kal Bashir.

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  • Hay there!!!

Please, see a list of the best free online writing courses and a short review for them, on the link below
BEST ONLINE WRITING COURSES WHERE YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS

  • Good luck!