Top Online Creative Writing Courses to Pursue: Cost, Duration

Top Creative Writing Courses You Can Pursue Online

Edited By Rahul Shrivastava | Updated on Sep 25, 2022 10:11 AM IST | #Creative Writing

Creative writing industry is on a massive upward trend as it offers huge career opportunities for aspiring writers. The demand for content writing is multiplying day-by-day. Owing to the kind of content they deal with along with the appropriate research skills, creative writers are in high demand in sectors like print and publishing, journalism, marketing, social media marketing etc.

Top Creative Writing Courses You Can Pursue Online

Having creative writing skills can help you get various jobs such as a content writer, creative writer, content developer and many more. Such a demanding skill can be learned from various online platforms such as Udemy, edX , SACAC etc. On all these platforms, different types of creative writing courses are available. The duration and cost for each course varies from one portal to another portal. Explore the online creative writing courses below.

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Udemy

Udemy is an online certification course provider platform. It has more than 2 lakh online certification courses and about 52 million students are taking online courses. It has every type of course covering almost all domains. The table below shows the list of creative writing courses offered by Udemy.

Udemy- Creative Writing Courses

Name of the course	Course Highlights	Duration	Fee ( In Rs)
Complete Creative Course - All Genres - The Full Course	Writing techniques, literary devices, and specialised skills Fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction - the four genres of creative writing A series of authentic writing assignments designed to target the skills you need Publishing opportunities, podcasts, and a where to create a professional creative writing portfolio 12 hours on-demand video 145 downloadable resources Full lifetime access Access on mobile and TV Certificate of completion	12 hours	649
The Foundations Of Fictions (Writing Mastery)	Constructing vivid and memorable settings that will shape the world of your story Creating complex, realistic characters that will jump right off the page Writing vibrant, riveting dialogue that will breathe life into your scenes Composing intricate, scintillating prose that will pull readers in from the first word Master six universal foundations that make up all great fiction Structure masterful, gripping plots that will hook readers and keep them turning pages 6 hours on-demand video 4 articles 31 downloadable resources Access on mobile and TV	6 hours	649
Creative Writing Masterclass: Start Writing Your Own Stories	Learn to write your own stories, books, essays, fiction and nonfiction Learn what to do with the finished work and how to share what you write with the world Creating writing process that works for you and keeps you inspired and productive Learn the basic elements of grammar, story telling, writing and editing Find your own unique style and right medium for your story 3.5 hours of on-demand video 3 articles 2 downloadable resources Full lifetime access Acces on mobile and TV Certificate on completion of the course	3.5 hours	649
Creative Writing: Get Writing, Keep Writing	Fit writing around a hectic lifestyle by making time for yourself Form well rounded characters and scenes Build confidence Starting to write short stories, poems, novels, and prose Creating fantastic beginnings, plots and closing genres Build confidence Avoid common ‘beginner’ mistakes to progress to publishing quickly One hour on-demand video 7 downloadable resources Full lifetime access Assignments Access on mobile and TV Certificate of completion	1 hour	649
Writing That Moves: Write Novels That Keep Pages Turning	Master seven important plot elements of commercially successful novels Plan new novels with plots that will keep readers engaged and turning pages Enhance your literary novels with plots that make agents stop saying ‘This story is a little too quiet for my list One hour on-demand video 16 articles 11 downloadable resources Full lifetime access Access on mobile and TV Assignments Certificate of completion	1 hour	649

How To Register: Go to the link ‘https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?src=ukw&q=creative+writing’ and choose the course of your choice and get enrolled.

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edX

edX is one of the leading open online course providers. It offers university level courses across a wide range of disciplines. It also offers some courses for free of charge. The table below has the list of online creative writing courses offered by edX.

edX Creative Writing Courses

Name of the course	Course Highlights	Duration	Fee (In Rs)
How To Write A Novel: Structure and Outline	The elements of successful novel outline and writing plan Dynamics of how character and conflict interest Building a story using the architecture of story structures Common story problems and weaknesses Advance from outlining to writing a draft	6 weeks	23,420
English Literature and Composition - Part 1: Stories	Read and interpret great work of fiction Cultural and historical background of gothic literature Academic writing skills Test-taking strategies	7 weeks	13,417
How To Write A Novel: Writing The Draft	Elements of complex and dimensional characters Craft believable dramatic dialogue Tactics for managing complicated plots Demands for high emotional stakes from scene level to story level Strategies for seeing your draft through to completion Understanding of fiction’s deeper mechanics Familiarity with the specific craft elements Developing new skills concrete examples from published novels, feedback and discussions with the fellow writers	6 weeks	23,420
Building Your Screenplay	Advanced awareness of the relevant market and distribution demands of entertainment industries Creating effective structure within a screenplay; how to write powerful characters for the screen Developing advanced self-management skills to include working in planned and improvisatory ways Anticipating and accommodating change, ambiguity, creative risk-taking, uncertainty and unfamiliarity Knowledge of histories and forms, and traditions of writing for performance as well as cultural contexts of innovative practitioners	4 weeks	15,798
Writing For Performance and The Entertainment Industries	Detailed understanding of key performance or entertainment components within the discipline, to include: ideational sources, body, space, image, sound, text, movement and environment Creating effective structure within a scene	9 months	1,13,748

How To Register: Go to the link ‘https://www.edx.org/search?q=creative+writing’, choose the course of your choice and get enrolled.

Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)

Founded in 2002, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication is a multi-disciplinary mass communication and arts institute. It offers various short-term and long-term courses in Creative Writing, Advertising and Public Relations, Creative Documentary, Audio Engineering and Music Production and Professional Photography. All these courses are available in both online and offline modes.

Name of the course	Course Highlights	Duration	Fee (In Rs)
Certificate Course in Creative Writing	Develop imagination Build interesting characters Improve Communication and Expression	3 months	22,000 + Service Tax

How To Register: Go to the link 'sac.ac.in/creative-writing-courses /' and enrol yourself to get started.

If you want to learn creative writing for free then you can choose online portals like Coursera, SkillShare, Futurelearn, LinkedIn etc.

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Questions related to Creative Writing

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creative writing college in delhi for diploma

Hello dear,

Following are the institutes offering creative writing course in delhi :

*Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)

*Creative Hands Enhanced Learning Centre, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi

*ECT - Education and Career times

*Henry Harvin Writing Academy

*Xavier's institute of Communications

Hope this helps!!

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mandavi mishra 21 June,2022

Creative writing college in India

Hello Aspirant,

Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. Creative writing enhances your core techniques of writing skills and helps you to move forward in your career.

Below I have attached the link for best creative writing institutions in India.

https://university.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-creative-writing-degree-colleges-in-india

Hope this helps!!

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mandavi mishra 21 June,2022

Creative writing courses in sanskrit online

Dear student,

If you want to do the course on creative content writing in sanskrit then, it's simple.
Now as the era is advanced, so you will get many courses online. Just search on the internet - creative courses on sanskrit, and then there will be many options for you and choose the course as per your choice.
There are hundreds of sites that offers content writing courses in sanskrit. So, get enrolled in any one of them and complete the course.

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ARYAN SAGAR 20 December,2020

i filled for diplima in creative writing from IGNOU,I paid the fees it shows bounced and my money got cut from the account. there is no confirmation from ignou in the form of message or mail, it shows pending on the application form. I'm from Dehradun. please help

Hello

If the status has already been shown as "Bounced" then it means that that particular payment was not completed. In such a case the money that has been debited will be returned back to your account. However, you will need to make another payment for confirmation of the course from ignou.

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