Top 10 Online Creative Writing Courses to Spark Your Imagination (Free & Paid)
Do you dream of crafting captivating stories, but feel unsure where to begin? Well, fret no more! The world of online creative writing courses offers a treasure trove of resources to ignite your imagination and refine your writing skills. Whether you're a complete novice or a seasoned writer seeking to elevate your craft, this list offers something for everyone. So, grab your metaphorical pen, and let's dive into the top 10 online creative writing courses!
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A Look At The Teacher Who Knew Too Much
Seventeen banks and a jeweller’s have been raided. The police are baffled, but only Ben knows the truth – his Maths teacher, Miss Judson, is really a safecracker!
With police and her gangster boyfriend Al on their trail, Miss Judson and Ben go on the run. But Al needs them for one last job...
This new novel from award-winning children’s and YA author Rob Keeley is a quick and breathless read, a comedy crime thriller that will enthral the young reader and keep the pages turning! Perfect for confident readers, reluctant readers or as a holiday gift.
“Rob Keeley does it again with another fantastic book for children! I have long admired his writing... His award-winning Spirits series was fabulous... I am very excited to share this book with my class in the new year. A five-star triumph from Rob Keeley.” Book Addict on The Treasure in the Tower
Available on Kindle and in paperback
A Look At Fight Like a Woman
Meet Kyle Sorton, teen, orphan, living a life of no purpose on a space station. Occupation: janitor. Future prospects: none. His only dream is to be someone. Anyone will do.
Wish granted–sort of. An accident aboard his space station forces his flight, and his ship crash lands on an unknown world. Mortally wounded, he uses an experimental healing device called a Clavator to transfer his consciousness to the body of an alien woman. When he awakens, he discovers that this woman not only has special abilities, but that parts of her consciousness still exist. Even more surprising to him is the fact that his new host, named Rinarra, is married to Merat, another woman. She is understandably upset over losing her wife, and initially rejects the new Rinnara.
Confusion reigns, and compounding his problem of understanding his new form is the existence of a hostile alien force known as the Droogs. Large, purple, and utterly evil, Droogs care not about any lives other than their own. Kyle, who slowly begins to not only identify as Rinnara but also to fall in love with Merat, decides to fight the invaders. Windeeri has become a home, and she’ll defend it, even at the cost of her own life.
Available on Kindle
A Look At The Blue Hole
Synopsis:
For years, teenagers have gathered for parties along the banks of the deep swirling pool of water called, The Blue Hole. Bon fires, loud music, and kegs propped up on tailgates were the common themes. The parties would rage on all night long. But in one night, everything changed.
Seven years ago, Jill Turner’s twin sister, Samantha, disappeared after a party at the Blue Hole. Her jacket was discovered at a bus stop in the next town over which suggested she had run away, but her family wasn’t convinced. After a mysterious letter is slipped under the front door of her home, Jill is prompted to search for answers.
What really happened that night at the Blue Hole seven years ago? In order to answer that question, Jill must put her own complicated life on hold, and dive head first into the secret perilous life her sister once lived.
Seven years ago, Jill Turner’s twin sister, Samantha, disappeared after a party at the Blue Hole. Her jacket was discovered at a bus stop in the next town over which suggested she had run away, but her family wasn’t convinced. After a mysterious letter is slipped under the front door of her home, Jill is prompted to search for answers.
What really happened that night at the Blue Hole seven years ago? In order to answer that question, Jill must put her own complicated life on hold, and dive head first into the secret perilous life her sister once lived.
Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, in paperback and hardback
A Look At Embracing the Dragon (Flames of Kalleen Book 1)
Synopsis:
For centuries, the dragons of Kalleen have ruled the skies. Blessed by the goddess of fire, those born of her power are destined to exist within two worlds, while fully belonging to neither.
As a daughter of the dragon queen, Amelia has always been torn between her humanity and winged form. In meeting Stephen, she found a blossoming love that gave her hope of finding balance. A dream destroyed when her sister, and future queen, sets her sights upon the same man.
Forced from her lover’s side, Amelia embraces a self-imposed exile, taking refuge in the northern mountains. In this new life of solitude, she banishes painful memories by retreating to her dragon form, sheltering the wounded girl within. Yet it is an isolation that cannot last, as the new dragon queen’s cruelty bears down upon the kingdom, allowing an ancient enemy to rise.
Drawn from her banishment by the pleas of friends, Amelia must choose. Will she embrace the destructive beast within? Or draw upon the frail humanity that lingers dimly in her soul, in a desperate attempt to help her people, and mend a broken heart?
Available on Kindle, in paperback and via audiobook
A Look At The Green Girl and The Serum by S.T.L. Armstrong
Synopsis:
Follow the adventures of Stacey Roberts, an average young woman who has dreams of the future. That is, until she is injected with a serum transforming her into the Green Girl to be used in warfare by the British Military. She escapes and lives her life on the run, and many years later she is reunited with Ben Fox who, like her, has been injected with the serum. After a long battle with the military, with the help of Ben and his Mega Human Haven, Stacey finds herself at odds with another Mega Human group known as the Outcasts led by Surge, a figure from Ben's past who has the intention of using the serum to create an army of Mega Humans to help him and his faction take control over the world. Is Stacey up for this task and what does her father have to do with the serum and its origin?
Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and in paperback
A Look At The Orc Who Saved Valentine's (Loveable Monster Holiday)
Synopsis:
'Wood yew bee my valentine?'
Orcs don't celebrate Valentine's Day. They celebrate Harglebargle, a seasonal holiday devoted to fire, meat roasts, wrestling, and mosh pits.
Darryn the Half-Orc has never celebrated Harglebargle, but he's also never had a valentine. His best friend Karla is out to give him the biggest Valentine's Day surprise when an Orc warband appears near their mountain village and the purveyor of all the village valentines suddenly goes missing. Will the lure of chocolate truffles, presents of choice skulls, and the power of friendship be enough to persuade Orc chieftain to leave their village in peace?
Written by author and avid Orc enthusiast Michelle Franklin, and Illustrated by cartoon sheep specialist Jonathan Burrello.
Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
A Look At Nameless Queen: A Prophecies of Ragnarok Story (The Prophecies of Ragnarok Short Stories)
Synopsis:
All things end, and all must die.
But death is not always the end.
When Geiravor Lokisdottir was stripped of her name and cast out of Asgard, torn from her family and the life she had known, she thought she’d lost it all. But in the shadows of Niflheim she discovers the path to her destiny, and what it truly means to be queen.
This is a prequel short story to THE PROPHECIES OF RAGNAROK trilogy by Meri Benson and Marie Sinadjan and a retelling of the myths involving Hel, the Norse goddess of death and the queen of the underworld.
Available on Kindle and in paperback
A Look At Among Thorns and Stardust
The sky was never the limit.
What if Snow White lived in a virtual world where the lines of reality are too blurred? What if Cinderella's ugly step-sister was half made of metal and springs? What if Sleeping Beauty slipped into a hundred years of cryo sleep?
Seven authors join forces to reimagine your favorite fairy tales as new sci-fi adventures filled with space, tech, magic, charm, and of course: happily ever afters.
Available on Kindle and in paperback