Course Overview:

This is a fun and practical creative writing course designed to get YOU excited about creating your own works of fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction - the four genres of creative writing.

Writing techniques, literary devices, and specialized skills will be covered to help you discover, perfect, and share your own writer's voice.

While review quizzes over major concepts are provided along the way, the true measure of progress will be in the authentic writing assignments that you will complete as you progress toward your goal of becoming a successful and confident writer!

The Course Includes:

• 43 Video Lessons

  • Each lesson is broken down into multiple video lectures that include:

    • A quick writing assignment aligned with the day's goals

    • A lesson covering an area of course content

    • A practical application project

• 37 online review quizzes over major concepts

  • Quizzes are designed to reinforce major concepts discussed in the class

• Graphics, notes, assignment sheets, or outside resources are provided for every lesson

• Over 12 hours of video lessons

Course Goals:

Through taking this course, you will develop and perfect your personal writer's voice as you:

• become familiar with the four genres of creative writing

• apply writing techniques for success

• examine a multitude of writing concepts to relate to your own writing

• evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of writing projects

• create scaffolded examples of a variety of writing styles

Additionally, you will discover multiple public outlets with which to share your writing with others as you experience success and develop confidence in your writing ability.

COMPLETE Creative Writing contains all of the content (and a little extra) from:

• Poetry Primer - Survey of Poetic Writing Styles and Projects

• Creative Non-Fiction Writing - You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

• Fiction Crash Course - Writing Skills & Methods for Success!

• Beginning Playwriting - Write a Play and Get Produced!