Writing Courses and Certifications

David Mamet Teaches Dramatic Writing

Learn the rules of drama, the nuances of dialogue, and the skills to develop your own voice and create your masterpiece.

• MasterClass
• 4 hours 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Shonda Rhimes Teaches Writing For Television

Shonda teaches you how to create compelling characters, write a pilot, pitch your idea, and stand out in the writers’ room.

• MasterClass
• 6 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

David Baldacci Teaches Mystery And Thriller Writing

Learn how to write a novel with red herrings, clues, and plot twists that will keep your readers turning the pages.

• MasterClass
• 3 hours 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

James Patterson Teaches Writing

In his first online writing class, James Patterson guides you from the start to the finish of your book.

• MasterClass
• 3 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization

573 ratings at Coursera

Learn to structure sentences and paragraphs effectively, switching between showing and telling. Explore time management techniques and access resources for continued improvement in writing and editing skills.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing and Editing: Revising

408 ratings at Coursera

This fourth and final course in the “Good with Words: Writing and Editing” series will help you master perhaps the most important step in the writing process: revising. You’ll learn about the difference between editing and proofreading.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing and Editing: Drafting

374 ratings at Coursera

Learn strategies to overcome writer's block, improve productivity, and enhance your drafting process. Explore techniques like freewriting, planning, and naming to boost your writing skills and confidence.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

English Composition I

19 ratings

You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field.

• Coursera
• 1 day 1 hour 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enhance your Writing with Adverb Clauses

61 ratings at Coursera

In the first part of the course, you’ll learn some basic information about adverb clauses. Then, we’ll dive into the categories of ideas that adverb clauses express, and you’ll practice using subordinating conjunctions--the many grammar words that start…

• Coursera
• 12 hours 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enhance your Writing with Adjective Clauses

24 ratings at Coursera

Do you have a hard time describing things, people, and places in English? This course will show you how to be more descriptive in your writing by incorporating adjective clauses in complex sentences.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enhance your Writing with Noun Clauses

17 ratings at Coursera

This course is designed to hold your hand step-by-step through the most basic concepts of noun clauses all the way to the end goal of writing a paragraph with varied noun clauses.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Getting Started with Essay Writing

19 ratings

By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.

• Coursera
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Requirements Writing

358 ratings at Coursera

Welcome to "Requirements Writing". As the title indicates, over the next four weeks, we will be looking at the important task of writing of text-based requirement statements.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Editing Mastery: How To Edit Writing To Perfection

7015 ratings at Udemy

The Deep Editing Secrets Of The World's Best Editors

• Udemy
• 6 hours 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing Tools & Hacks: Copywriting/Blogging/Content Writing

5323 ratings at Udemy

The best FREE writing tools and apps. Hacks to take your copywriting, blogging, and content writing to the next level.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course