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Winter Registration Now Open
Most Classes Begin Jan 16
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Online Courses

ONLINE COURSES: CREATIVE WRITING

The Online Creative Writing Program makes it easy to take courses taught by instructors from Stanford’s writing community. Thanks to the flexibility of the online format, these courses can be taken anywhere, anytime—a plus for students who lead busy lives or for whom regular travel to the Stanford campus is not possible. These courses are open to all adults, and we encourage all levels of writers to enroll.

THE WRITER'S SPOTLIGHT
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Summer registration opens May 22. Most classes start June 26.
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Technical Requirements and FAQs for Online Courses
Code Course Title Qtr Days Format Status

Creative Nonfiction & Memoir

CW 107 W Writing through Struggle WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
CW 71 W Ignite Your Creative Writing: Capture the “Aha” Moments on the Page WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart

Genre

CW 12 W Adventures in Travel Writing WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
FICT 137 W Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing Workshop: Speculative World-Building WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart

Narrative Craft

CW 120 W Sentence by Sentence: Creating Your Style WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
CW 50 W From Synopsis to Success: Foolproof Story Development WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
CW 65 W Scene by Scene: The Building Blocks of Narrative WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
FICT 92 W Writing Character-Driven Fiction WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart

Novel

NVL 45 W Novel Workshop for Manuscripts in Progress: Going the Distance WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List

Poetry

POET 28 W Poetry Workshop: Crafting Poems of Beauty and Power WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
POET 37 W Poetry Workshop: Write without Fear WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart

Prompt-Driven Writing

CW 107 W Writing through Struggle WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
CW 71 W Ignite Your Creative Writing: Capture the “Aha” Moments on the Page WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart

Online Certificate Program in Novel Writing

OWC 303 A Novel I: The Powerful Beginning WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 303 B Novel I: The Powerful Beginning WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 303 C Novel I: The Powerful Beginning WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 303 D Novel I: The Powerful Beginning WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 303 E Novel I: The Powerful Beginning WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 306 A Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 306 B Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 306 C Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 306 D Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness WI Flex Online ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 310 A One-on-One Tutorial: Novel WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 310 B One-on-One Tutorial: Novel WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 310 C One-on-One Tutorial: Novel WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart
OWC 310 D One-on-One Tutorial: Novel WI Flex Online OpenAdd to cart