Stanford Online Writing Courses – The Spring Lineup

A quick fyi: Start­ing this morn­ing, Stan­ford Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies opened reg­is­tra­tion for its spring line­up of online writ­ing cours­es. Offered in part­ner­ship with the Stan­ford Cre­ative Writ­ing Pro­gram (one of the most dis­tin­guished writ­ing pro­grams in the coun­try), these online cours­es give begin­ning and advanced writ­ers, no mat­ter where they live, the chance to refine their craft with gift­ed writ­ing instruc­tors. As you will see, there are a cou­ple of cours­es offered in con­junc­tion with The New York Times. The idea here is that you’ll learn writ­ing from a Stan­ford writ­ing instruc­tor and then get your work reviewed by a New York Times book critic/writer. Quite a perk. And the cours­es sell out quick­ly. For more infor­ma­tion, click here, or sep­a­rate­ly check out the FAQ and the tes­ti­mo­ni­als.

Caveat emp­tor: These class­es are not free, and I helped set them up. So while I whole­heart­ed­ly believe in these cours­es, you can take my views with a grain of salt.

• Sci­ence Writ­ing with The New York Times
• Mag­a­zine Writ­ing with The New York Times Mag­a­zine (Almost closed)
• Cre­ative Non­fic­tion: Spin­ning Art from Life
• Cre­ative Non­fic­tion: The Per­son­al Essay
• Short Sto­ry Writ­ing: Writ­ers Dream­ing
• The Cre­ative Writ­ing Coach
• Find Your Voice and Sing: An Intro­duc­tion to Cre­ative Writ­ing
• Nov­el Writ­ing II: It’s Alive!
• Nov­el Writ­ing III: The Art of Plot