# Online writing classes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404 "2007-03-25T05:49:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404/1 "2007-03-25T05:49:55Z")

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I want to do more writing, but with my life settled into a pleasant routine otherwise, I don’t seem to have any direction with it lately. I feel like I could use the structure of an actual writing class, but unfortunately, I live way out in the middle of nowhere.

Does anyone know of any good online classes? I’d be interested in either fiction or creative nonfiction.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404/2 "2007-03-25T06:00:48Z")

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I’d bump this for Monday but, as it’s a new thread, that wouldn’t work. I suspect “Do not use contractions,” would be there but, as my editor had me drop all semicolons (“I _hate_ semicolons!”), and ADDED, if you can imagine it, after reading seven years of my prose, commas, I’m not sure what to expect.

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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404/3 "2007-03-25T18:26:33Z")

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Umm…huh?

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-classes/397404/4 "2007-03-25T19:24:17Z")

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I sent you a PM, **DoctorJ**.