A free course teaching how to start and grow a blog past 100,000 visitors, focusing on content marketing strategies and effective blogging techniques.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 5 hours to complete
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Blogging for New Bloggers
Add to shortlistThis free course teaches bloggers about legal requirements, compliance to avoid lawsuits, copyright protection, necessary legal pages, GDPR and CCPA compliance, and income tracking.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
California Institute of the Arts
Add to shortlistThe course focuses on writing poetry through a variety of exercises, peer feedback, and discussions. It encourages students to explore their personal voice and develop their poetry skills.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 4 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
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Green Street Poetry
Add to shortlistThe workshop fosters collaboration and provides a constructive environment for sharing, editing, and discussing poetry. Participants can bring a poem for critique or simply join the discussion.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Based in Philadelphia
Length: Weekly sessions
Class size: Unlimited
An online resource aimed at improving scientific writing skills, focusing on communication principles tailored for scientific literature. It includes lessons on sentence structure, cohesion, conciseness, and revision strategies.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Three 45 minute modules
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: Intended for graduate-level science students.
In this course, English Language Learners will be introduced to academic writing, focusing on essay development, grammatical accuracy, and self-editing. The course includes reviews of grammar, crafting effective sentences and paragraphs, developing thesis statements, and participating in peer reviews.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 5 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course teaches how to make documentation and websites more accessible, focusing on inclusive design principles, writing helpful alt text for diagrams, and checking color contrast. It includes hands-on exercises and class discussions.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced,est. 1.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course teaches the fundamentals of technical writing, focusing on clear documentation, active voice usage, sentence clarity, and audience identification. It includes pre-class and in-class components for comprehensive learning.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 4.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The course covers intermediate topics in technical writing, including drafting strategies, self-editing techniques, document organization, and effective use of illustrations and sample code.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 3.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Miami Poetry Club
Add to shortlistBi-monthly no-cost community workshops focusing on creative writing and feedback sessions, designed to support writers of all levels.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Weekly workshops (2 hours each)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
In this course, participants will learn how to brand themselves as authorities in their niche, with content tailored for both beginners and more experienced individuals, helping them establish a strong presence in their chosen field.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The course provides insights into starting and maintaining a blog, developing an effective blogging strategy, engaging an audience, and enhancing business visibility through blogging.
Categories: Free
Open all year round
Length: Self-paced, est. 3 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Looking to build your writing skillset, learn more about your genre, or finally finish that book you’ve been working on? You’re in the right place. That’s why we built this directory of the best creative writing courses.
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