Stanford Online Writing Courses — The Spring Lineup

A quick fyi: This morn­ing, Stan­ford Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies opened up reg­is­tra­tion for its spring line­up of online writ­ing cours­es. Offered in part­ner­ship with the Stan­ford Cre­ative Writ­ing Pro­gram (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.

As you will see, there are a cou­ple of cours­es offered in con­junc­tion with The New York Times. The idea here is that you’ll learn writ­ing from a Stan­ford  writ­ing instruc­tor and then get your work reviewed by a Times book crit­ic. Quite a perk, I must say.

For more infor­ma­tion, click here, or sep­a­rate­ly check out the FAQ.

Caveat emp­tor: These class­es are not free, and I helped set them up. So while I whole­heart­ed­ly believe in these cours­es, you can take my views with a grain of salt.

• Cre­ative Non­fic­tion with The New York Times (one spot left)
• Writ­ing Fic­tion with The New York Times
• Fic­tion I: Begin­ning Short Sto­ry Writ­ing
• Fic­tion II: Voic­es That Live
• Trav­el Writ­ing
• Mag­a­zine Writ­ing
• Intro­duc­tion to Cre­ative Writ­ing
• Putting a Spin on Sci­ence Writ­ing
• Nov­el Writ­ing III: A Plan for Suc­cess
• Mem­oir I: What I Saw, What I Wore, What I Ate, and More