Special Session of F2K: Fiction Writing for the New Millennium

June 5, 2013

+ 60-Day Trial WVU Membership

+ Pumping Your Muse - This session we're using Donna Sunblad's text as a companion to the F2K Course

+ F2K, the most popular creative writing course on the Internet.

All for $10* Join Now!

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*Trial Memberships are activated on June 5th, the beginning of F2K.

F2K is an online creative writing class sponsored by Writers' Village University and staffed by volunteer Mentors. The course includes seven one-week fiction writing lessons and is designed for beginning writers; however, intermediate and advanced writers are encouraged to take the course as a refresher or to socialize with and encourage beginning writers. Thousands of writers have discovered that F2K is a great way to break writers block.

Or use our coupon code and join Writers' Village University for a year, save $30 on Membership dues, get Pumping Your Muse for free, and F2K.

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Join Now and start today with instant access. Five new courses start every week.

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It takes a village ...

Writers' Village University

Writers' Educational Community

Writers Helping Writers Online Since 1995

"The first, the largest, and the best online university for writers."


Writers' Village University is more than a great place to learn how to write; it's a living, breathing community of writers from around the world. Education should be a life-long pursuit for beginning and experienced writers. At Writers' Village University, you'll get to know a community of friendly, helpful members who have made education an important part of their lives.

The "Village," as writers often refer to Writers' Village University, is a full-time support service and is always growing, offering new courses, seminars and special programs. As a member, you may take as many courses and workshops as you'd like. Many seminars are included too. You won't need to spend thousands of dollars on MFA programs, university creative writing courses and workshops like I've done.  -- Best of all, you can fit courses to your schedule and pace. Programs are available for every level of writer. If you're a beginner, you won't have to worry about harsh, intimidating criticisms of your work. We prefer to encourage and build confidence. For more advanced writers, we provide guidelines that encourage detailed, constructive criticism  with an emphasis on balance. We know it's just as important to point out the strong points in a writer's work as it is to suggest areas to improve.

--  RJ Hembree

WVU This Week May 15, 2013


Honore de BalzacQuote of the Week

If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches, and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in; if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one...he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent.

- Honore de Balzac

 

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WVU Courses Starting Soon

Wednesday, May 15

B101 WVU Orientation, facilitated by Melissa Anne

This introductory workshop is designed to help members obtain a basic understanding of the concepts of Writers' Village University.

 

B154 Finding Your Voice

This course is both motivational and a learning experience. We will discover the voice we already have but, have misplaced through years of learning the ‘rules’. This course will cover rules that take away our voice, and discover the role of rules in finding our voice. Les Edgarton’s voice is loud and clear in this entertaining and educational book.

 

F224 Playwriting

The smell of the greasepaint, the sound of the applause.... Live theater is always a special treat. Writing for live performance is different from both screenwriting and from 'book' writing in many ways; in this class, we will explore the basics of dramatic writing. By the end of the class, the student will have completed a draft of a one-act play.

 

P150 Poetry Triggers - Nature Writing A Saturation Poem

In order to start this exercise, you will need to take yourself outside, so print this out, grab a notebook, and go! Find yourself a spot in nature where you can sit undisturbed for roughly half an hour.

 

Wednesday, May 16

MFA 209 Point of View Basics

Point of view is one of the most basic elements in the craft of fiction. Through this medium, storytellers see, hear, feel, smell, taste, and from particular consciousnesses as well as from specific spatial and temporal perspectives. Since most contemporary fiction involves a growth of perception among characters and readers, the selection of viewpoint is crucial. Who is telling what story? Through this point of view the narrator shapes content.

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Join Writers' Village University with full benefits

Try WVU for 60 Days - $30

Annual Memberships are $99 for the first year, then $69 to renew.

3-Year Memberships are $175.

Installment plans are available for 1-year and 3-year Memberships.

  • Get full access to over 300 courses, including our popular MFA Courses.
  • Join one of our many Writing Groups
  • Have full access to all WVU's writing tools and reference material--all in one place.
  • New courses begin every week, including our 2-week MFA courses for busy people.
  • Writers' Village University Certificates of Completion are available for all courses.

 

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Novel Writer's Group Looking for Members

 

What is it that makes a novel great? What is it that keeps you turning pages long after the sun goes down and the gentle call of slumber beckons? To be sure, a great novel has engaging characters, riveting tension and wondrous settings. But getting to that point has less to do with magic or a brilliant talent, and more to do with hard work and peer review.

Do you have a novel that you know has great potential to keep readers turning pages? Is it already on paper or just an idea? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work? Then you need to join the Novel Writer's group, and surround yourself with passionate writers willing to review and critique your work, so you can polish it into the brilliant gem it was meant to be.

There's no better time to join WVU than now, and there's no better place than the Novel Writer's group!

Join WVU today.

 

Advanced MFA Series

Writers' Village University offers the largest selection of online writing courses available anywhere. Our fiction courses range from beginning to advanced concepts. This year, we are proud to introduce our Advanced MFA Series. Learning the craft of writing is a lifelong adventure, and we strive to stay in the forefront with conventional, cross-disciplinary and forward-looking writing courses.  Thanks to a vibrant writers community, and knowledgable volunteers, WVU is an affordable alternative to traditional universities and expensive writing courses. Writers Helping Writers has always been our guiding motto. This is as true today as it was in 1995, when we introduced the first online university for writers to the World Wide Web.