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Let our professional writers guide you and offer feedback!

Fiction writing workshops

• The dialogue shop: Tools for crafting what your characters--and you--want to say
• Take your characters to dinner : Bring your characters to life!
• Fiction: taking the next step: Take your fiction to the next level.
• How to publish your fiction: Expert help to get you published!
• How to use all your creativity when you write: Develop endless inspiration.
• How to write compelling fiction: Learn to write stories others can't stop reading.

Other online writing workshops

• Screenwriting: write your first draft fast: Write a screenplay that gets noticed.
• Poetry writing: getting to good: From sound and imagery to delivering your theme.
• Creative nonfiction: taking the next step: Write fact with the flair of fiction.
• How to write great feature articles: Write like the pros.
• How to publish your nonfiction: Find your publishing market.
• The newsletter workshop: Make your newsletter a must-read!

Our online students have been from several states in the USA and countries around the world, including France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, China, Iraq, Sweden, Israel, Australia, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Guatamala, Singapore, Bermuda, Norway, Germany, Cayman Islands BWI, United Kingdon, Japan, Canada, French Polynesia, Greece, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, Poland, United Arab Emirates, and Thailand.

Wherever you live, we're just a walk away--a walk to your computer or laptop. And "attending" class is easy. Most of our online classes are conducted entirely via e-mail.

Costs: The fee for these online writing courses varies. You will find details listed with individual course descriptions.

For more information:

Contact Christine DeSmet (cdesmet@dcs.wisc.edu, 608-262-3447).

More distance education: Independent Learning journalism and writing courses are another option for distance education through University of Wisconsin-Extension. Most courses are available for college or high-school credit.

Meet our writing faculty

How to register

Telephone: Call 608-262-2451 to register. Our phone is answered M-F, 7:00 am-4:30 pm Central Time. At other times please leave a message, and we will return your call. If you have other questions, call toll-free 1-877-336-7836.

Online: Register now online with our secure server.

E-mail: Send your name and contact information to LSAonline@dcs.wisc.edu and we will respond as soon as possible to assist you with registration.

Fax: Print and fax our registration form.

Mail: Print and mail our registration form.