121 Online Short courses in Creative Writing

This Introduction to Research for Essay Writing course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education is the last course in the Academic Writing specialization before the capstone project. 

Write Your Story with Confidence. Learn from four published memoirists and essayists the tools and tricks to write your story, The Memoir and Personal Essay - Write About Yourself Specialization is offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University.

This Creative Writing - The Craft of Style course offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University is part of the Creative Writing Specialization.

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hand-on Start Writing Fiction course from The Open University by FutureLearn.

This online Editing Part 3 (Specialists and Professionals) course from Warnborough College will vastly improve your editing skills – our course focuses on improving your use of language when writing. 

This Advanced Writing course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education is the third course in the Academic English: Writing specialization.  

This Creative Writing module from The Open University UK takes a student-centred approach to creative writing, offering a range of strategies to help you develop as a writer. 

Designed to give you the practical skills to approach your creative writing projects with confidence, this Creative Writing course offered by The University of Sydney is built around particular topics integral to the writing process.

Wondering whether you're working to professional editorial standards? Or thinking of taking the Editors Canada's Professional Certification tests and want help preparing. This Professional Editing Standards certificate from Queen's University could be for you.

Explore how technology is changing the way stories are told, from AI-assisted writing to interactive fiction and immersive experiences in the Writing with Technology course at Bath Spa University

During this online Writing Research Proposals for Epidemiologists course from Utrecht University, you will enhance your skills in writing a research proposal in English, both in terms of information elements and language. 

This Efficient Writing course from Warnborough College is particularly useful for people who wish to brush up on their writing skills, or to obtain basic skills which they should have but did not develop properly while at school. 

This Project - Writing a Research Paper course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education lets you apply everything you’ve learned and gives you the practice you need for college classes by having you write a research paper.  

Do you need to review English grammar? Have you forgotten the grammar you once studied? If so, this Grammar and Punctuation course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education is perfect for you.

This Children's Writing course from Warnborough College is designed to set you on an appropriate course for more successful writing geared to the children’s market.

This Creative Writing - The Craft of Character course offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University is part of the Creative Writing Specialization.

This Editing Part 2 course from Warnborough College is designed for self-editors, aspiring professional editors and desktop publishers. Its aim is to develop the student's understanding of the editing processes.

This Just Reading and Writing English 1 course offered by Coursera in partnership with Tsinghua University is part of the Learn English Specialization.

This Just Reading and Writing English 2 course offered by Coursera in partnership with Tsinghua University is part of the Learn English Specialization.

This Business Writing course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder is part of multiple programs.