Novel courses can help you learn narrative structure, character development, dialogue crafting, and thematic exploration. You can build skills in creating compelling plots, developing unique voices, and employing literary devices effectively. Many courses introduce tools like writing software for drafting and editing, as well as techniques for peer feedback and revision processes. You'll also explore genres, pacing, and the importance of setting, all of which contribute to writing engaging and impactful stories.
UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Experience Design, Game Design, User Experience, User Experience Design, Ideation, Driving engagement, Content Creation, Storyboarding, Multimedia, Visual Storytelling, Animation and Game Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Virtual Reality, Design Strategies, Human Centered Design, Emerging Technologies, Qualitative Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

O.P. Jindal Global University
Skills you'll gain: Writing, Report Writing, Writing and Editing, Research, Peer Review, Media and Communications, Journals, Research and Design, Style Guides, Research Design, Policy Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Business Writing, Business Correspondence, Business Communication, Writing, Organizational Skills, Concision, Writing and Editing, Grammar, Communication, Editing, Organizational Strategy, Organizational Structure, Communication Strategies, Presentations, Graphic Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Wesleyan University
Skills you'll gain: Editing, Storytelling, Writing and Editing, Creativity
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Cape Town
Skills you'll gain: Writing, Writing and Editing, Editing, Culture, Cultural Diversity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
National Taiwan University
Skills you'll gain: Aesthetics, Public History, Art History, Liberal Arts, Ancient History, Storytelling, Writing, Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Writing, Writing and Editing, Literacy, Storytelling, Creativity, Persuasive Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Wesleyan University
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Journals, Visual Storytelling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Writing, Writing and Editing, Research, Research Reports, Editing, Style Guides, Organizational Structure, Organizational Skills, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

National Taiwan University
Skills you'll gain: Child Welfare, Social Work, Working With Children, Advocacy, Empowerment, Social Justice, Social Sciences, Community Outreach, Child Development, Culture, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Case Studies, Human Development, Systems Thinking, Media and Communications
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsive Web Design, OpenAI API, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, LLM Application, Application Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Design and Development, Application Programming Interface (API), OpenAI, Figma (Design Software)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Writing, Style Guides, Peer Review
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months