Online Courses for Writers from Ed2Go

Ed2Go.com provides online courses for a wide variety of personal enrichment, computer skills dev elopment, languages, and career development, including writin and publishing.  I have taken a few courses through them and enjoyed both the classes and the ease with which I can take them.  They tend to be a couplemonths long, with lessons posted twice a week and all aspects available online on the class's website.  The courses appear to be $US99 each, well worth it for the value you receive.  My own courses have been through Cascadia Community College in Bothell, Washington State, but I did not have to register formally at the college.  You can search participating schools for one in your area though in my experience the students seem to come from all over.

The classes consist of five-chapter lessons, assignments, quizzes, resources and a discussion area, all online.  You have access at all times to the instructor via the site.  The courses I have taken have been well organized.  You move at your own pace within the timeframe of the course.  New courses are starting about once a month, so you never have to wait very long.

Here are the courses related to creative writing that they offer.

Advanced Fiction Writing

Beginning Writer's Workshop

Breaking Into Sitcom Writing

Creating K-12 Learning Materials

Demystifying Forensic Science: A Writer's Guide

Grammar Refresher

Introduction to Internet Writing Markets

Introduction to Journaling

Mystery Writing

Pleasures of Poetry

Romance Writing Secrets

The Craft of Magazine Writing

Travel Writing

Write and Publish Your Nonfiction Book

Write Like a Pro

Write Your Life Story

Writeriffic 2: Advanced Creativity Training for Writers

Writeriffic: Creativity Training for Writers

Writing for Children

Writer's Guides

A Writer's Guide to Descriptive Settings

Research Methods for Writers

The Keys to Effective Editing

Writing for ESL

The only one of the above that I myself took is the Mystery Writing class.  I did not care for this one, but I won't say you would not get more out of it than I did.  The courses I have taken were web development related, and I am taking a drawing class next month!

Ed2Go.com  did not approach me to write this.. in fact they don't know I am.  I know many of you would like to take writing classes of one type or another but don't want to have to pay through the nose and have to travel or attend classroom courses.  I long for the days of ZDnet but alas, they are no more.  This school seems to be a perfectlty good replacement.