Fun, immersive, slow-paced group creative writing classes online?

February 20, 2023 1:10 AM

I'm looking to make a list of fiction and non-fiction creative writing classes online. They need to be group-based, class-anchored, time-based, fully online, not part of diploma programs. They can be any price but the customer is looking to spend less than $1,500.
posted by parmanparman to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Best answer: There's the Grub Street Novel Generator and The Novelry. Both I think are around $1500 for nine months or a year. You can interview with someone from The Novelry for free, I believe, prior to signing up.
posted by BibiRose at 4:52 AM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: Gotham Writers Workshop (The classes marked Zoom will be live online classes. The classes marked "online anytime" are asynchronous.)
Sackett Street Writers
posted by xo at 5:55 AM on February 20, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Writing Pad is based in LA, so their online class times will be set accordingly.
posted by xo at 6:05 AM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: I've taken a few classes through WritingWorkshops.com and been mostly happy with them (I thought one of the teachers wasn't wonderful, though I made a great friend in that class, so it worked out).
posted by FencingGal at 6:40 AM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: I had a really good experience with LA Writers Lab.
posted by BlahLaLa at 8:11 AM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: Price-wise, Mary Robinette Kowal's writing classes are gonna be hard to beat. They're one-offs, not a fixed curriculum, but she is a very good teacher and her classes are well worth it. The focus is fiction, although the specific topics have quite a range.
posted by restless_nomad at 9:33 AM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: Seattle's Hugo House has online writing classes (use the filter for Format to search for only online courses).
posted by ShooBoo at 11:20 AM on February 20, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Philadelphia's Blue Stoop offers 8-week and shorter classes. Proximity to Philadelphia is preferred but I think not required.
posted by knile at 1:13 PM on February 20, 2023

Best answer: Elizabeth Gaffney's project 24 Hour Room is an online meeting space for writers that includes the workshop course Engines of Narrative; it's capped at around ten people, runs for 10 weeks three times a year on Zoom, and costs $1100 US. I'm into the third week so far and would recommend.
posted by jokeefe at 1:46 PM on February 20, 2023