Writing

Online writing courses and lectures, from short stories to essays to novels, this page offers free online courses and classes in writing.

Elif Shafak on Politics of Fiction at TED

The Politics of Fiction

Elif Shafak has got a problem with the literary world today. She says that just as she was stereotyped as “the Turkish student” during her education, she and other authors are also stereotyped based on their identity when it comes to their writing.

Sandra Chrystal Executive Communication & Writing USC

Executive Communication & Business Writing

Business communication and writing plays a vital role in a company’s success. When writing there are questions one needs to ask themselves to create a clear message. Creating a clear message makes effective communication.

Brian Sturm

Storytelling Theory and Practice

When we think of stories, we think of them as having certain characteristics: a beginning, middle, end, characters, progression and so on. But Sturm argues that storytelling provides something larger: a way of organizing information.