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Ed2Go
www.ed2go.com
These writing classes are all held in an online classroom where people from all
over the USA & other countries post their writing assignments and give each
other feedback. The instructors do also. The writing classes are 6 weeks long
and you have 2 writing assignments per week. The text for the writing courses is
provided online. A certificate of completion is granted upon completion. In order
to get all you can from these writing classes do the supplemental reading. J. Aday
began writing for publication while taking these writing classes. These writing
classes provided an excellent foundation from which to build.
Ed2go teaches several more writing classes and classes on various subjects.
COST: $89-$129
Beginning Writer's Workshop
Writing Instructor: Ann Linquist
Writing Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Comments This is what got J. Aday Kennedy's writing juices flowing. If you are
trying to discover if you would enjoy writing, then this is the perfect class for you.
Ann was knowledgeable about the writing craft and encouraged the students to
pursue their writing
Write Your Life Story
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
This was the first writing class J. Aday Kennedy took with Eva. She encouraged
and lightly critiqued her student's writing. This writing class was particularly useful
when trying to unlock memories.
Writeriffic I Creativity Training for Writers
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing: Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Inoculates the writer against that pesky writer’s block. It arms the writer with the
tools needed to boost creativity in writing. Eva supplied an encouraging and
informative hand
Writeriffic II Creativity Training for Writers
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 3
Writing Instructor Rating: 3
Builds on the concepts presented in Writeriffic I. Much of the course is repetitive.
Eva continued to be supportive and encouraging.
The Craft of Magazine Writing
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
In this class Eva shows how to break into magazine writing. As always she is
extremely helpful and encouraging. Her nudges will help you get rid of the fear of
rejection and avoid the denial blues. For anyone interested in writing nonfiction
magazine articles and submitting to magazine markets, will find the writing class
useful. This course could be taken multiple times to perfect your magazine writing
skills
Introduction to Internet Writing
Writing Instructor: Linda Aksomitis
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Teaches students where to find information on the Internet. Teaches about
different search engines.
Write Like a Pro
Writing Instructor: Steve Alcorn
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
This is essential to anyone looking for a fail safe plot formula for writing fiction.
The instructor is superb. A few people had taken the class before. Easily the
best writing course through Ed2go J. Aday has taken.
The Keys to Effective Editing
Writing Instructor: Jacquelyn Landis
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 3
Writing Instructor Rating: 3
If you’re writing a novel, especially fiction, Jackie will teach you the tools editors
use when looking at your book.l
Writing for Children
Writing Instructor: Carol Parenzan Smalley
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Carol taught her writing students how to research the children's market and write
for a specific age groups. She stressed the importance of reading books in the
genre and the age group for which you want to write.
Suite 101
www.suite101.com
These were some of the best courses J. Aday Kennedy took.. The only drawback
was there was no interaction with writing instructors or students. To remedy this,
try to gather a group of writers to take the course with you. Form a yahoo group,
post the assignments, critique and discuss assignments with each other.. The
listed instructors wrote the courses. Many other courses and subjects are taught.
Cost FREE
Selling Stories
Writing Instructor: Diane Goldberg
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
After J. Aday Kennedy took this course and Writing from your Heart, she had four
essays published in Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies.
Inspirational Writing
Writing Instructor: Sara Quest
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
After J. Aday Kennedy took this writing class, she had two pieces published in
Christian magazines.
Magazine Writing
Writing Instructor: Sara Quest
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 3
A useful course when writing magazine articles
Writing a Children's Book
Writing Instructor: Sally Odgers
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Taught how to read and emulate the writing in children's books.
Writers' Village University
www.writersvillage.com
You can take their courses singularly or as a structured class. Most of the
courses require purchasing additional texts that are offered for purchase through
Amazon. The number of writing courses anyone is allowed to take during any
given time period is unlimited and there are many. The cost is $69.99 for a year
or $10.99 monthly.
So, You Want to Build a Fantasy World, Do You? Part 1
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
This writing course showed how to create a fantasy world’s geography and
topography. A writer needs to map cities, towns and the inside of buildings in
their work, regardless of whether or not the story is fact, fiction, or a genre other
than fantasy genre.
www.WritersCollege.com
Cost $36-$200
This writing class is conducted one on one via email between the writing
instructor and student. The text is provided. Many writing classes are offered.
Writing from Your Heart: Using Your Personal Experience
Writing Instructor: Barbara Fisher
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Barbara was a gem. She encouraged J. Aday Kennedy to reach for her writing
goals and set her on the road to achieving them. This course taught her to write
essays for Chicken Soup for the Soul and inspirational/Christian essays,too
Institute of Children's Literature, ICL
/www.writingforchildren.com/F9723/main_gg.htm
ICL provides an aptitude writing test FREE of charge. Admittance to the course
is granted to 33% of all applicants. They only accept applicants that pass the test,
because they guarantee all students will have a manuscript suitable for
submission to a publisher when the course is complete. Other courses are
available after completion of the initial class.
Writing for Children and Teenagers
Writing Instructor: Sharelle Moranville
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 5+
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Teaches writers to the process of writing for publication in juvenile magazines.
An essential course for success in the children's magazine markets.
UNRATED COURSES
Fabianspace
www.karinafabian.com/
Award winning author, Karina Fabian's, website hosts several online writing
courses.
Gotham Writing Workshops
www.writingclasses.com
Over 20 Writing Courses – Memoir Writing, Novel Writing, Fiction Writing, Humor
Writing, Children’s Book Writing, Travel Writing, and many more
Unrated
Anastasia Suen
www.asuen.com
Author of over 114 books, a former elementary school teacher, school presenter,
writing instructor, has several online courses all having to do with writing for
children. J. Aday Kennedy plans to take her course on conducting school visits in
the near future.
Universal Class
www.universalclass.com
Continuing education classes for many different subjects including over 30
courses on writing.
Writers.com
www.writers.com
Students join a listserv. All assignments are posted on the list. Teachers evaluate
completed assignments and post them to the list. Conversation between students
and with instructors is encouraged.
www.ed2go.com
These writing classes are all held in an online classroom where people from all
over the USA & other countries post their writing assignments and give each
other feedback. The instructors do also. The writing classes are 6 weeks long
and you have 2 writing assignments per week. The text for the writing courses is
provided online. A certificate of completion is granted upon completion. In order
to get all you can from these writing classes do the supplemental reading. J. Aday
began writing for publication while taking these writing classes. These writing
classes provided an excellent foundation from which to build.
Ed2go teaches several more writing classes and classes on various subjects.
COST: $89-$129
Beginning Writer's Workshop
Writing Instructor: Ann Linquist
Writing Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Comments This is what got J. Aday Kennedy's writing juices flowing. If you are
trying to discover if you would enjoy writing, then this is the perfect class for you.
Ann was knowledgeable about the writing craft and encouraged the students to
pursue their writing
Write Your Life Story
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
This was the first writing class J. Aday Kennedy took with Eva. She encouraged
and lightly critiqued her student's writing. This writing class was particularly useful
when trying to unlock memories.
Writeriffic I Creativity Training for Writers
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing: Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Inoculates the writer against that pesky writer’s block. It arms the writer with the
tools needed to boost creativity in writing. Eva supplied an encouraging and
informative hand
Writeriffic II Creativity Training for Writers
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 3
Writing Instructor Rating: 3
Builds on the concepts presented in Writeriffic I. Much of the course is repetitive.
Eva continued to be supportive and encouraging.
The Craft of Magazine Writing
Writing Instructor: Eva Shaw
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
In this class Eva shows how to break into magazine writing. As always she is
extremely helpful and encouraging. Her nudges will help you get rid of the fear of
rejection and avoid the denial blues. For anyone interested in writing nonfiction
magazine articles and submitting to magazine markets, will find the writing class
useful. This course could be taken multiple times to perfect your magazine writing
skills
Introduction to Internet Writing
Writing Instructor: Linda Aksomitis
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 4
Teaches students where to find information on the Internet. Teaches about
different search engines.
Write Like a Pro
Writing Instructor: Steve Alcorn
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
This is essential to anyone looking for a fail safe plot formula for writing fiction.
The instructor is superb. A few people had taken the class before. Easily the
best writing course through Ed2go J. Aday has taken.
The Keys to Effective Editing
Writing Instructor: Jacquelyn Landis
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 3
Writing Instructor Rating: 3
If you’re writing a novel, especially fiction, Jackie will teach you the tools editors
use when looking at your book.l
Writing for Children
Writing Instructor: Carol Parenzan Smalley
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 5
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Carol taught her writing students how to research the children's market and write
for a specific age groups. She stressed the importance of reading books in the
genre and the age group for which you want to write.
Suite 101
www.suite101.com
These were some of the best courses J. Aday Kennedy took.. The only drawback
was there was no interaction with writing instructors or students. To remedy this,
try to gather a group of writers to take the course with you. Form a yahoo group,
post the assignments, critique and discuss assignments with each other.. The
listed instructors wrote the courses. Many other courses and subjects are taught.
Cost FREE
Selling Stories
Writing Instructor: Diane Goldberg
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
After J. Aday Kennedy took this course and Writing from your Heart, she had four
essays published in Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies.
Inspirational Writing
Writing Instructor: Sara Quest
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
After J. Aday Kennedy took this writing class, she had two pieces published in
Christian magazines.
Magazine Writing
Writing Instructor: Sara Quest
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 3
A useful course when writing magazine articles
Writing a Children's Book
Writing Instructor: Sally Odgers
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginner
Writing Class Rating: 4
Taught how to read and emulate the writing in children's books.
Writers' Village University
www.writersvillage.com
You can take their courses singularly or as a structured class. Most of the
courses require purchasing additional texts that are offered for purchase through
Amazon. The number of writing courses anyone is allowed to take during any
given time period is unlimited and there are many. The cost is $69.99 for a year
or $10.99 monthly.
So, You Want to Build a Fantasy World, Do You? Part 1
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
This writing course showed how to create a fantasy world’s geography and
topography. A writer needs to map cities, towns and the inside of buildings in
their work, regardless of whether or not the story is fact, fiction, or a genre other
than fantasy genre.
www.WritersCollege.com
Cost $36-$200
This writing class is conducted one on one via email between the writing
instructor and student. The text is provided. Many writing classes are offered.
Writing from Your Heart: Using Your Personal Experience
Writing Instructor: Barbara Fisher
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 4
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Barbara was a gem. She encouraged J. Aday Kennedy to reach for her writing
goals and set her on the road to achieving them. This course taught her to write
essays for Chicken Soup for the Soul and inspirational/Christian essays,too
Institute of Children's Literature, ICL
/www.writingforchildren.com/F9723/main_gg.htm
ICL provides an aptitude writing test FREE of charge. Admittance to the course
is granted to 33% of all applicants. They only accept applicants that pass the test,
because they guarantee all students will have a manuscript suitable for
submission to a publisher when the course is complete. Other courses are
available after completion of the initial class.
Writing for Children and Teenagers
Writing Instructor: Sharelle Moranville
Writing Class Difficulty Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Writing Class Rating: 5+
Writing Instructor Rating: 5
Teaches writers to the process of writing for publication in juvenile magazines.
An essential course for success in the children's magazine markets.
UNRATED COURSES
Fabianspace
www.karinafabian.com/
Award winning author, Karina Fabian's, website hosts several online writing
courses.
Gotham Writing Workshops
www.writingclasses.com
Over 20 Writing Courses – Memoir Writing, Novel Writing, Fiction Writing, Humor
Writing, Children’s Book Writing, Travel Writing, and many more
Unrated
Anastasia Suen
www.asuen.com
Author of over 114 books, a former elementary school teacher, school presenter,
writing instructor, has several online courses all having to do with writing for
children. J. Aday Kennedy plans to take her course on conducting school visits in
the near future.
Universal Class
www.universalclass.com
Continuing education classes for many different subjects including over 30
courses on writing.
Writers.com
www.writers.com
Students join a listserv. All assignments are posted on the list. Teachers evaluate
completed assignments and post them to the list. Conversation between students
and with instructors is encouraged.
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J. Aday Kennedy, the Differently-Abled Writer, listed and ranked writing classes
on her previous site. The writing classes have been listed below and reevaluated.
If you have taken these writing classes or others, please tell us about your
experience. Also, if you have heard of a writing class or conduct a writing course,
tell us.
A change on this page is writing classes that have not been taken by J. Aday
Kennedy are listed under "Unrated Courses"..
on her previous site. The writing classes have been listed below and reevaluated.
If you have taken these writing classes or others, please tell us about your
experience. Also, if you have heard of a writing class or conduct a writing course,
tell us.
A change on this page is writing classes that have not been taken by J. Aday
Kennedy are listed under "Unrated Courses"..
Writing Class Rating System
1 - No improvement in writing ability or increase in knowledge.
2 - Below average. Minimal increase in writing knowledge or writing
ability
3 - Fair. Would not repeat course. Little increase in writing
knowledge or writing ability. Worth the investment.
4 - Good. Increased writing knowledge and writing ability. Worth the
investment. Recommended. Worth the investment.
5 - Outstanding. Increased writing knowledge and writing ability.
Would take more than once. Worth the investment.
1 - No improvement in writing ability or increase in knowledge.
2 - Below average. Minimal increase in writing knowledge or writing
ability
3 - Fair. Would not repeat course. Little increase in writing
knowledge or writing ability. Worth the investment.
4 - Good. Increased writing knowledge and writing ability. Worth the
investment. Recommended. Worth the investment.
5 - Outstanding. Increased writing knowledge and writing ability.
Would take more than once. Worth the investment.
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