Online Learning
The Writing Code’s Online Learning (OLL) program offers six “core” programs and one “special audience” program to master different aspects of writing. Those programs teach all the skills you need to write well, right away.
For a limited time, we are offering these Beta programs at the discount rate of $12.99. So check out the offerings and try one today.
This simple principle will transform your writing instantly. By following both parts of the Golden Rule — “Make every element of writing a journey” and “Start strong, finish strong” — you can writer better and faster instantly. Writers at all levels have transformed their writing with this simple strategy developed by Charles Euchner while teaching writing at Yale.
Almost every good story involves people. This program shows powerful strategies to develop compelling characters. Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction stories — or writing proposals, legal briefs, school application essays, and a wide range of other kinds of writing — strong characters are the key to grabbing and holding your reader.
Aristotle said it 2,500 years ago, and neurologists and web researchers have confirmed it scientifically. The basic structure of the story can be found in a simple arc. This program shows you how to build a great story — and all other forms of writing — by putting the reader into “the world of the story” and then creating a series of challenges for characters. This program is essential for journalists and bloggers, authors, speechwriters, and students.
Building on our new powers of storytelling, this program shows simple tricks to write sentences and paragraphs as “mini-narratives.” You can save countless hours of work while engaging your reader in even the most abstract discussions. Even if you don’t consider yourself a writer, this program will help you write better letters and documents.
Editing poses the most daunting of tasks for writers. Too often, we “melt down” before we can give a draft its proper attention. This program teaches you simple tricks to give every sentence and paragraph the attention they need to make your writing clear and lively. The key? The Writing Code’s original “Search and Destroy” system.
To make a cogent analysis, you need to bring even the most abstract ideas to life. After using the “ladder of abstraction” to simplify the process of analysis, we show “Super Models,” simple tricks to understand even the most complex situations of human life. A must for students and teachers, as well as professionals who need to explain complex, specialized topics to colleagues and to lay audiences as well. (Available spring 2012.)
Credit Amazon … or blogs … or even Facebook. Whatever the cause, more people want to write books than ever before. Whether you’re a speaker or other public figure seeking to build your “brand” — or a civic activist seeking to outline a vision, or just someone who likes stories of all kinds — more of us write books than ever before. This program shows you dozens of simple tricks to organize and write your first major project. You will save hundreds of hours following the teachings of this program
By the time our program has been “built out,” we will offer the most comprehensive — and practical — system for writing anywhere. At any time of day or night, all over the world, you can get the practical and fun lessons you need to deal with every challenge that writers face in all fields.
We will offer special programs for managers, teachers, and editors. Our teacher manuals, workbooks, and supplemental readings will help you to help everyone in your community to write better.
MORE ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAMS
Core Programs
- The Golden Rule of Writing: Transform Your Writing in an Hour
- Character Studies: Storytelling As If People Mattered
- The Art of the Arc: The Structure of Storytelling
- Action! Creating Compelling Action and Scenes (coming soon)
- Details, Details, Details: Finding Details and Evidence That Connects With Your Reader (coming soon)
- Building Blocks: Constructing Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs
- It’s (Not) Complicated: Mastering Grammar and Editing
- Analyze This: Smartstorming and Argument Building
Specialized Programs
- Making Book: Writing Your First Book: Tricks to Streamline the Process
- Your Dream School: Writing A Winning College Application Essay: Capturing the Real You, So Your No. 1 College Choice Can Too (coming soon)
- Writing Powerful Emails: Dos and Don’ts of the Most Powerful Communications Format (coming soon)
- The Art of the Memo: Capture Complex Issues in a Single Document (coming soon)
Of Special Interest . . .
- The Truman Show: The Storytelling Tricks of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (coming soon)
- It’s Toasted: The Communication Tricks of “Mad Men” (coming soon)
To get information about the release of the programs — as well as The Writing Code’s weekly newsletter, with tips and links of the best writing on writing — fill in the form on the top of the right column . . . now.
To get information about the release of the programs — as well as The Writing Code’s weekly newsletter, with tips and links of the best writing on writing — fill in the form on the top of the right column . . . now.
