Creating a Writing Routine: How to Develop Healthy Writing Habits to Help You Finish Your Script

August 7

Staying on track while writing a script is the hardest thing a writer has to deal with. Life gets in the way, and the story we started writing is never completed, or takes years to get done. In this live webinar with script doctor Cody Smart, we’ll learn tools to develop healthy writing habits to make writing part of your daily routine, so you can finally finish that script – and write many more. 

Platform Building When You'd Rather Write

August 14

Worried that you’re not all that good at marketing and promotion—or that you don’t have the time, energy, or skills required to do it well? You’re not alone: most writers have anxiety surrounding how to market and promote their work, and would rather assign the responsibility to someone else. Or they hope their publisher will take care of it. Unfortunately, there are some things that no publisher, no publicist, and no marketer can do for you.

Imagine marketing and promotion that doesn’t require you to perfect the hard sell or learn how to become a professional marketer.

The Art of the Memoir Boot Camp

August 14 - 17

Memoir is the art of telling the story of your life—how you got here from there, how you became who you are, and the lessons you learned along the way. It's an art grounded in what it means to be human, and mastering it means asking and answering life’s big questions in an entertaining, engaging, and ultimately enlightening way.

In this one-of-a-kind Agent One-on-One boot camp, literary agent and author Paula Munier draws upon her extensive background in publishing, her intimate knowledge of the marketplace, and her personal experience writing her own memoir to give you the tools you need to write and sell your life story.

Copyediting Certificate Program

July 31 - October 23

Writer's Digest is proud to offer our Copyediting Certificate Program. This course will provide training for aspiring copy editors in order to give them practical and marketable workplace skills. As a student in this certification course, you will progress from the fundamentals of grammar, form, and composition to advanced copyediting skills.

The Art of Storytelling 102: Showing vs. Telling

July 31 - September 11

Learn the differences between showing and telling, how to use dialogue to convey information, how much setting description is necessary, how to avoid information dumps, and more!

Your Creative Journey

July 31 - August 21

Join long-time favorite instructor Dave Trottier to discover and develop your writing creativity in just three weeks! You'll tackle blocks, block fears, and liberate your inner writer. Best of all, you'll have loads of fun as you embark on your creative journey!