: Formal video-based creative writing courses Are there any online video courses for creative writing? Preferably free. I'm referring to university-type courses, which are filmed and then published

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Like Iversity there are other similar websites that offer online courses. One such is Coursera which allows you to take courses (typically University standard) for free. At the time of writing this reply there are no direct courses available on creative writing but there are a few courses that might come in handy. Of course you can always check back to see if something new has come up (the courses keep getting updated).

A typical course usually involves video lectures and then reading materials, powerpoint presentations, and assignments etc. (which are evaluated so you can have feedback coming in).

I remember seeing courses on poetry, writing styles, and other stuff that might come in handy.

Best wishes!

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I don't know about free ones. Dean Wesley Smith's workshops and lectures have been tremendously helpful for me.

Dean's workshops cost 0 each, and run for six weeks.
Each week, you get about an hour of video instruction,
and a homework assignment that will stretch and challenge you.
You get brief, helpful personal response from Dean about your assignment.
And each week's videos include a brief general discussion of the assignments
(general comments, with nobody's work singled out).
You can find them here: www.deanwesleysmith.com/?page_id=7474
The lectures are mostly each, though a few are .
Several of them are presented by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Each lecture consists of about 10 videos, for a total of about 60 to 100 minutes of ideas.
You can find them here: www.deanwesleysmith.com/?page_id=8597

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