Courses From BerkeleyX:
Effective Business Writing – FREE to Audit!
This course will help you learn to organize your writing so the process of composing a business letter, email, or report is smoother and faster. Learn how to choose the best format for your message, organize the information so it’s easy to read, and condense content for the most effective messaging. Practice crafting a clear response to a complex email and writing a persuasive cover letter.
The Writing Process – FREE to Audit!
This course is for those interested in improving their professional writing. Learn how to improve your writing’s organization, logic, and style so that whatever kind of writing your work requires, you can get your point across eloquently and quickly. This course will delve into the mechanics of the writing process: identifying an audience, choosing the best structure, and revising early drafts of your work.
Writing for Social Media – FREE to Audit!
This course focuses on effective writing practices for a social media environment. You will learn how to structure and write content that will deliver your messaging and engage your audiences; you will learn how to think about what a reader needs and wants from your organization. Learn how to devise your own writing approach and how to tell your company’s story, convey information, and express your point of view, and earn engagement.
MORE from BerkeleyX:
How to Write an Essay – FREE to Audit!
English for Journalists, Part 1 – FREE to audit!
English for Journalists, Part 2 – FREE to audit!
Courses From Wesleyan University:
Creative Writing: The Craft of Character – Enroll For Free!
At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course, aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters.
Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description – Enroll For Free!
In this course, aspiring writers will be introduced to the techniques that masters of fiction use to ground a story in a concrete world. From the most realist settings to the most fantastical, writers will learn how to describe the physical world in sharp, sensory detail.
Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot – Enroll For Free!
In this course, aspiring writers will be introduced to perhaps the most elemental and often the most challenging element of story: plot. Learn what keeps the story moving, how it manipulates our feelings, expectations, and desires. Examine the choices storytellers make to snag our imaginations, drag them into a fictional world, and keep them there.
Advanced Grammar:
English Grammar and Style – UQx – Free to Audit!
This course covers grammatical principles, word usage, writing style, sentence and paragraph structure, and punctuation, with some marvelous resources like video clips of interviews conducted with distinguished grammarians, quizzes and writing activities, and discussions.
