Essay Writing Courses

Research Writing

Analyze research writing: cite and evaluate sources, structure persuasive arguments with logic, and handle counterpoints and rebuttals in academic papers.

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

Research Writing Foundations

Plan a research writing project: identify the characteristics of academic writing, set objectives and purpose, select or refine a topic, and gauge audience expectations.

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

The Writing Process

Work through the stages of academic writing — pre-writing, outlining, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading — and identify parts of speech to evaluate a polished essay.

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

Writing in Different Disciplines

Learn to recognize the writing conventions of the humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied sciences, and adapt style to purpose, audience, and alternative genres.

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

Data Gathering and Writing a Systematic Review

Learn to define review questions, search databases, assess study quality, synthesize quantitative and qualitative evidence, and write and disseminate systematic reviews.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Grant Writing for Beginners

Learn to develop focused research ideas, structure persuasive proposals, formulate research questions, and revise grant writing through feedback.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

AI for Professional Writing

Use AI writing tools to generate ideas, draft blogs and marketing copy, optimize content for SEO, master prompt engineering, and edit ethically for target audiences.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing Your Story (Self-Paced)

Everyone has a story, but learning how to shape it for the page is what makes it resonate.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $74.00

Create A Book For Your Personal Branding Without Writing

Create a book without writing it: outsource transcription and editing, acquire PLR and out-of-copyright titles, and publish low content books on Amazon KDP.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Write Dreamy, Heartfelt Poetry - Creative Writing

Learn poetry basics and poem structure, analyze lyrics from popular songs to judge what makes writing good, and publish your own poetry book on Kindle.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Document AI: Project & API Writing

Document ML model architectures, data schemas, and training procedures, and build a developer-ready MkDocs documentation site for a prediction API with request/response schemas and error behaviors.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Effective Business Writing

Write business documents that land: analyze your audience, organize content, and draft clear emails, diplomatic bad-news messages, formal letters, and persuasive proposals.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Grant Writing For Dummies

An example-driven grantwriting guide spanning funder research, persuasive narratives, federal portals, compliance, budgets, and post-submission strategy.

• Coursera
• 25 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Writing and Disseminating Grey Literature

Turn reports and working papers into public-facing work: craft op-eds, data stories, photo narratives and infographics, pitch to publications, and disseminate via social media.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing Emails People Want to Read

Write emails people open and act on: craft subject lines, apply the "You. Get. Because." framework, set sending cadence, and repurpose emails into blogs and videos.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course