Free Writing Courses

In this course taught by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler, you will learn how to write a short story from the ground up, starting from the germ of an idea to a finished manuscript.

This course applies the principles of Objectivism to the question of how to present ideas effectively. Based on a ten-lecture course given in 1980 by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, this course identifies certain principles of intellectual communication and applies them to three areas: writing, speaking and arguing.

Understanding Creativity and Creative Writing by Prof. Neelima Talwar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

ENGL 318R will focus on writing science fiction and fantasy. Course Outcomes Include: Demonstrate effort and discipline in crafting fiction and display a knowledge of its conventions.

In this video workshop, teachers, academics, and authors gather as a “community of readers,” immersing themselves in classic and contemporary literature from Hamlet to works by Langston Hughes, James Dickey, and Alice Walker.