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Want to write for publication or for personal growth?
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to the largest Web-based writing school

To view the course descriptions, go to the COURSE CATALOG (there's also a button at your left). Each catalog entry links to a course description page. To register, just scroll to the bottom of the course description page.

You may register by secure credit card, using PayPal, or send us a US-bank check, or a money order.

In Brief:
How do I sign up for a course? (Step-by-step).
I'm not so sure about this. (Can I trust you guys?)
Why are the classes so expensive? (Answer: they aren't)
How do I give a course as a gift?

More than 60 courses. Taught by writers for writers. We're an online correspondence school. Lessons are posted on web pages or come to you by e-mail. There is no "brick-and-mortar" classroom. There is no specific "class time" for you to be at your computer. You read the lessons and do the homework on your own schedule.

Your course starts the Monday after you register and lasts for 4, 6 or 8 weeks. We also offer 'Extended' courses which last twice as long and cost slightly more. Explain this to me.

In addition, we have some very inexpensive one-week seminars which also start the Monday after you register.

Most courses are basic. The few with prerequisites are so marked.

Prices are low, and there is a 10-day full-refund drop period if you don't like what you see. (Drop period does not apply to seminars.)

Newsletters: Read all about it.

Newsletters are posted online. Sign up here for email notices
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Newsletters are weekly if we feel like it, and not if we don't. News, muses, essays, funny photos, whatever. The newsletter is not mailed to you but, rather, is stored on this web site, and you may view the latest one Here. Signing up in the box above means you will receive a notification e-mail when a fresh newsletter is posted.

 
School News:

New courses to announce. Check them out in more detail at the Catalogs page:

Nonfiction Book Proposals: The best kept secret to marketing nonfiction books is that you don’t have to write the entire book. In this course, you will learn about all of the elements that need to be included in a book proposal and how to put them together for maximum effect on the agent and/or editor, setting you on the path to signing a contract with a publisher.

Shadow Writing: Are you curious about writer’s block (a myth), the dreams, longings, cravings, obsessions, and needs that distract you from your writing because of the strength of their grip? Do you suspect that there are depths that you can’t quite reach in your writing for fear of turning up something unpleasant? In this class, we will turn toward these things. Step on the accelerator and move into one of the darkest places you’ve ever been as a writer—your own unconscious.

Web Presence for Writers: Develop a basic knowledge of the internet, how it functions, how web sites are made, and the steps necessary to build your own web site. Learn how easy it is to have your web presence!

Today's Featured Course:
There are MANY more courses.
Click here to see the ENTIRE COURSE CATALOG with more than 60 courses. Click on the links below to read about today's featured courses.

 
Grammar for Writers and Editors Writing is communication: whatever else writing does, however beautiful it is, if it does not communicate, it does nothing. To communicate, the words need a structure that enables the writer to convey his or her ideas to the reader in a way the reader can understand. Grammar provides that structure.

 

This Week's Essay:
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Free Publicity for your Book
by Patrika Vaughn

Whether you self-publish or have a major publisher, you have to peddle your book. Some of the best marketing tools cost only time, effort, and the right timing.. Here are some ways to get FREE publicity that will help your book sell:

Local Publicity:
Two months before publication, send a short, snappy press release to bookstores, radio and TV stations, newspaper reviewers -- to anyone who might order and/or want to read the book. Chain stores and book distributors should be high on that list.

At publication time, follow up with an updated release and actual copies of the book. Make yourself available for interviews, book signings and calls for further information.

Pre-publication offer:
Make up a flier about your book, including a picture of the cover. At the bottom of your flier, print a tear-off order coupon which offers a free reading or review copy and quantities at a discount. Mail this to potential buyers, including:...

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Five Easy Steps to Registering for a Course:

1) Click on the COURSE CATALOG button at the top left in the Navigation area. That takes you to an alphabetical listing of all courses. (So will clicking on the link here.)

2) Scroll down, reading the mini-descriptions, to find a course that interests you.

3) Click on that course name to read a full description, course outline and teacher biography.

4) At the bottom of that individual course description page are links to use to register for the course. One link is for checks and money orders, the other for credit and debit cards.

5) When we receive your registration, we'll assign a start date, usually the next Monday, and notify your teacher.

Not sure about us?

Read our FAQs (Frequently-Asked Questions) page. If you have questions not answered there, e-mail us at Director@WritersCollege.com In the US you may also call 813-236-7509.

But know this too: WritersCollege.com started in 1998 and, with more than 60 courses, is one of the oldest and largest schools on the web. We have taught students, thousands of them, from most of the countries of the world.

We don't cheat people. We don't even see your credit cards; that's one reason we use PayPal. No other school offers a ten-day no-questions-asked refund.

The only question is: Will you work hard at learning the information? That is the biggest single determinant of success.

Why are the classes so expensive?

The short answer is: They are not. Some of these same courses are or were taught by the same teachers, for major universities, and at a fee as much as 3-5 times higher.

Keep in mind that the most expensive form of education is personal experience. Having the benefit of our teachers' personal experience is a lot cheaper than starting from zero yourself.