From romance, to horror, fantasy, historical fiction and beyond, strengthen your technique and delight your audience with the help of premium genre courses.
Drill down through the specifics of creative writing technique, with a variety of live, interactive workshops held every month on Zoom.
Every course and workshop comes loaded with a wealth of exercises to complete. Practice what you've learned with assignments that will put your new skills to the test.
STARTS February 22nd, 2025
Learn to create love scenes with emotional depth, understand sex’s role in storytelling, explore intimacy motivations, and weave sexual tension into your narrative. This course will guide you in avoiding amateur mistakes and transforming your writing into a rousing journey of desire.
STARTS February 24th, 2025
Stay ahead in the world of publishing with this in-depth webinar. Explore current trends in genre fiction, uncover popular subgenres and emerging themes, and learn how to leverage reader reviews, ratings, and SEO to boost your book’s visibility. Position your work for success in today’s competitive market!
STARTS March 4th, 2025
Unravel the secrets of a gripping mystery in this immersive 4-week live course. Learn to craft intricate puzzles, build tension, and master the art of plotting and characterization. Explore how to weave suspense, misdirect readers, and deliver twists that keep them guessing until the very last page.
STARTS March 5th, 2025
Embark on an exhilarating writing adventure, from the initial draft to the triumphant completion of your novel, all in just 30 days. While you put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) The Story Sculptor program guides you through every step of the novel-editing process in detail.
STARTS March 13th, 2025
Your book is ready—now it's time to make sure readers find it! In this live session, you’ll learn essential strategies to build excitement, boost visibility, and create a successful book launch. From pre-launch marketing to leveraging social media, email campaigns, and book events, you’ll gain the tools needed to turn your release into a must-read event.
STARTS March 21st, 2025
Master the art of mysterious storytelling. Learn to craft hooks, hide clues, and reveal the criminal in a way that captivates your audience. Remember, a robust plot is key to an intriguing mystery. Don’t just write, weave a tale of enthralling intrigue with us.
STARTS March 23rd, 2025
Are you confident in crafting compelling plots but want to enhance your story’s depth with foreshadowing? Do you know how to drop hints and clues that keep readers on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating what’s to come? In this fun and interactive session, you'll learn how to write effective foreshadowing without spoiling your plot.
STARTS March 24th, 2025
Take the next step in your publishing journey with this interactive two-session workshop. Learn how to craft a strong query letter, develop a polished synopsis, and research the right agents for your work. Led by USA Today bestselling author and pitch coach Katherine D. Graham, this workshop will give you the tools and confidence to send out your queries with strategy and success!
A Glimpse at Our Extensive Premium Workshop Catalog:
Extensive courses in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror which cover all aspects from genre expectations, classic examples and writing styles.
All courses and workshops are hosted by experienced writing tutors, with thousands of happy students served across many years.
Whether you're building your skills to make yourself proud or to boost your audience of faithful readers, our courses will help you reach your goals.
Nothing beats hands-on feedback from proven professionals, and our catalog features multiple opportunities to get personalized critiques.
We stick to simple principles and concepts that are easy to practice and execute.
When you purchase a course or workshop you have access to the course materials forever, so you can come back whenever you need a refresher.
Our online writing courses can help writers from numerous genres and mediums dramatically improve their writing skills. Our resources give authors access to personalized feedback and industry-standard insights.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced author, our courses offer genre-specific and targeted lessons to strengthen storytelling, structure, and style.
With a user-friendly platform and community support, you’ll learn how to self-edit effectively, boost your confidence, and enhance your chances of publication – or prepare your manuscript for self-publication.
AutoCrit’s practical, hands-on approach helps you transform your drafts into polished, compelling stories.
Currently, all of our writing classes and workshops are online. This allows learners from all over the world, living in any time zone, to access the courses and make the most of our writing programs.
Our online writing classes are in-depth and hands-on, targeting specific genres and elements of writing. Think of them as your boot camp for precisely the area of your writing you want to improve.
New classes are added to the schedule frequently, so sign up on this page to get notified of upcoming events and watch for online enrollment to open.
Our writing workshops and courses are designed to help new writers as well as seasoned professionals tell better stories. While many of the written communication skills we will help you develop could carry over into other areas of professional development, our focus remains on creative writing and giving authors the tools they need to improve their craft.
At this time, our lectures, coursework, and other instructional materials are designed to help authors take their short story, creative nonfiction, and novel writing skills to the next level. We do not focus specifically on screenwriting (the format, especially) or poetry in our current range of classes.
That said, people who take our courses and participate in our workshops may come from a wide range of specializations, including fiction writing, essay writing, copywriting, social media writing, and other disciplines. After all, fiction writing fundamentals easily carry over to personal essays, blog posts, screenwriting, poetry, and even podcast script writing.
In addition to our courses and workshops, we offer a broad range of writing resources, including our Writer’s Desk self-editing software, Story Analyzer, which is a virtual beta reader, AI-driven Inspiration Studio, global writing community, and other author services, including Story Inspection, First Chapter Clinic, Story Doctor Clinic, and Perfect Pitch Appraisal.
AutoCrit’s self-editing tool helps authors analyze their own work for elements like pacing, dialogue, repetition, and more, helping them polish their manuscript to a professional level.
