New Stanford Online Writing Courses

Just a quick heads up: Start­ing today, you can sign up for online writ­ing cours­es from Stan­ford. Offered by Stan­ford Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies and the Stan­ford Cre­ative Writ­ing Pro­gram (which is one of the most dis­tin­guished writ­ing pro­grams in the coun­try), these online cours­es give begin­ning and advanced writ­ers, no mat­ter where they live, the chance to refine their craft with gift­ed writ­ing instruc­tors and smart peers. Reg­is­tra­tion starts today, and cours­es will go from June 25 to August 17. You can find the list of cours­es below. For more infor­ma­tion, click here, or sep­a­rate­ly check out the FAQ.

(Full dis­clo­sure: I helped set up these cours­es and think they’re a great edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ty. But nonethe­less take my opin­ion with a grain of salt.)

• Short Sto­ry Writ­ing: The Teller’s Tools
• Nov­el Writ­ing: Mak­ing a Great Debut
• Blood­lines: Research­ing and Writ­ing from Fam­i­ly His­to­ry
  
• Writ­ing His­tor­i­cal Fic­tion
• Craft­ing Poems: Explor­ing the Ele­ments of Poet­ry