Creative Writing Books and Courses

E-books and Tools
The Ultimate List of Character Names (e-booklet) Use this list of over 700 names to find just the right names for your fictional characters. You can also use the names as prompts to get character and story ideas. Price: $1.97	Advanced Character Questionnaire (e-booklet) Writing character profiles will help you get to know your characters so that you can make them come alive on the page. This questionnaire will take you way beyond the basics. You'll know secrets about your characters that not even their closest family members know, secrets that they may not know themselves. Price: $1.97	Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines (e-book) This 30-page e-book explains how to submit fiction and poetry for publication in literary magazines, including: how to prepare your manuscript how to write a cover letter 10 submission mistakes to avoid It also includes a directory of literary magazines where you can submit creative writing. Price: $4.87
30 Days of Poetry (e-booklet) Ready to write lots of poetry? This booklet contains 30 prompts and ideas to get you started. You can use this booklet to write a poem a day for a month. Or just browse through it whenever you need poetic inspiration. Price: $1.97	Fiction Boot Camp (e-book) This e-book contains ALL of the information from our popular "Self-Critique for Fiction Writers" course, over 100 ways to improve your fiction, plus exclusive advice from editors and agents. Here's what former literary agent Joslyn Pine had to say about it: "Fiction Boot Camp is a remarkable 140-page crash course in creative writing that contains more priceless and practical information than can be found at any other one-stop destination—whether it be a book or a website." Price: $23	Get ALL the tools for your writing. Can't decide which e-books or booklets to buy? You don't have to! Get them all, and save money at the same time. This 5-in-1 writers' toolkit includes: Fiction Boot Camp Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines The Ultimate List of Character Names Advanced Character Questionnaire 30 Days of Poetry. Price: $25

E-books and Tools

The Ultimate List of Character Names (e-booklet)

Use this list of over 700 names to find just the right names for your fictional characters.

You can also use the names as prompts to get character and story ideas.

Price: $1.97

Advanced Character Questionnaire (e-booklet)

Writing character profiles will help you get to know your characters so that you can make them come alive on the page.

This questionnaire will take you way beyond the basics. You'll know secrets about your characters that not even their closest family members know, secrets that they may not know themselves.

Price: $1.97

Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines (e-book)

This 30-page e-book explains how to submit fiction and poetry for publication in literary magazines, including:

how to prepare your manuscript
how to write a cover letter
10 submission mistakes to avoid

It also includes a directory of literary magazines where you can submit creative writing.

Price: $4.87

30 Days of Poetry (e-booklet)

Ready to write lots of poetry? This booklet contains 30 prompts and ideas to get you started.

You can use this booklet to write a poem a day for a month. Or just browse through it whenever you need poetic inspiration.

Price: $1.97

Fiction Boot Camp (e-book)

This e-book contains ALL of the information from our popular "Self-Critique for Fiction Writers" course, over 100 ways to improve your fiction, plus exclusive advice from editors and agents.

Here's what former literary agent Joslyn Pine had to say about it: "Fiction Boot Camp is a remarkable 140-page crash course in creative writing that contains more priceless and practical information than can be found at any other one-stop destination—whether it be a book or a website."

Price: $23

Get ALL the tools for your writing.

Can't decide which e-books or booklets to buy? You don't have to! Get them all, and save money at the same time.

This 5-in-1 writers' toolkit includes:

Fiction Boot Camp
Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines
The Ultimate List of Character Names
Advanced Character Questionnaire
30 Days of Poetry.

Price: $25

Online Creative Writing Courses
Essentials of Fiction Writing Course description: Learn how to give readers that wonderful "lost in a book" feeling and write fiction that people will care about. This introductory course covers all of the essential elements of fiction writing, including character and plot development, narrative viewpoint, dialogue, and description. Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 7 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time. With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below). Price: $15.87 Or click here to read more	Bringing Characters to Life Course description: Learn how to create fictional characters that feel 3-dimensional and real. Make your characters and stories come alive in the reader's mind. Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 8 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time. With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below). Price: $27 Or click here to read more	Description Writing Secrets Course description: Discover the secrets of vivid fiction writing. Learn techniques to guide readers' imagination so that they visualize your stories the way you want them to. Use description to improve almost every aspect of your fiction writing, from setting and plot to character and narrative viewpoint. Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 8 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time. With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below). Price: $27 Or click here to read more

Online Creative Writing Courses

Essentials of Fiction Writing

Course description: Learn how to give readers that wonderful "lost in a book" feeling and write fiction that people will care about. This introductory course covers all of the essential elements of fiction writing, including character and plot development, narrative viewpoint, dialogue, and description.

Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 7 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time.

With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below).

Price: $15.87

Or click here to read more

Bringing Characters to Life

Course description: Learn how to create fictional characters that feel 3-dimensional and real. Make your characters and stories come alive in the reader's mind.

Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 8 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time.

With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below).

Price: $27

Or click here to read more

Description Writing Secrets

Course description: Discover the secrets of vivid fiction writing. Learn techniques to guide readers' imagination so that they visualize your stories the way you want them to. Use description to improve almost every aspect of your fiction writing, from setting and plot to character and narrative viewpoint.

Format: This course is conducted by e-mail. You will receive 1 lesson per week for 8 weeks. The first lesson will normally be sent to you within 1 hour after you confirm your course registration. You can complete the lessons on your own schedule, whenever you have time.

With the e-mail support included in the course, you can ask questions about writing in general and get answers from a teacher. But if you would like instead to have a teacher read your writing or comment on it, you will need to sign up for a Feedback Pack (see below).

Price: $27

Or click here to read more

Feedback
Feedback Pack Sign up for a Feedback Pack to get one-on-one feedback on your fiction writing. You can combine a Feedback Pack with any of our fiction writing courses to get teacher feedback on your course assignments. What's included: The Feedback Pack includes teacher feedback on up to 7 pieces of fiction writing of up to 2000 words each. How it works: After you sign up for the Feedback Pack, you'll be assigned a writing teacher within 1-2 business days. You can e-mail your fiction to this teacher, and you'll receive comments back by e-mail. You can use the Feedback Pack any time for up to 3 months after purchasing it. Price: $287 Or click here to read more	Fiction Critique Get an in-depth critique of a piece of fiction writing of up to 12,000 words total. Here's what Lynn Davie had to say about our feedback: "I have been in one school or another for over twenty five years and I can honestly say the quality of the feedback was the best I have ever experienced." More comments about our critiques How it works: After you sign up for your critique, you'll receive an e-mail where you can send your fiction manuscript, and you'll receive your critique back by e-mail. You can use your Fiction Critique any time for up to 3 months after purchasing it. Price: $165 Or click here to read more

Feedback

Feedback Pack

Sign up for a Feedback Pack to get one-on-one feedback on your fiction writing. You can combine a Feedback Pack with any of our fiction writing courses to get teacher feedback on your course assignments.

What's included: The Feedback Pack includes teacher feedback on up to 7 pieces of fiction writing of up to 2000 words each.

How it works: After you sign up for the Feedback Pack, you'll be assigned a writing teacher within 1-2 business days. You can e-mail your fiction to this teacher, and you'll receive comments back by e-mail. You can use the Feedback Pack any time for up to 3 months after purchasing it.

Price: $287

Or click here to read more

Fiction Critique

Get an in-depth critique of a piece of fiction writing of up to 12,000 words total.

Here's what Lynn Davie had to say about our feedback: "I have been in one school or another for over twenty five years and I can honestly say the quality of the feedback was the best I have ever experienced." More comments about our critiques

How it works: After you sign up for your critique, you'll receive an e-mail where you can send your fiction manuscript, and you'll receive your critique back by e-mail. You can use your Fiction Critique any time for up to 3 months after purchasing it.

Price: $165

Or click here to read more