Further your writing skills, career opportunities and personal development through our flexible, accessible and inclusive online courses.
How to Write a Novel
Take your novel idea from concept to completion with this three course series of non-credit online courses created by our fiction professors Nancy Lee and Annabel Lyon. From outlining to draft writing, to editing and revising your manuscript, we’ll give you the tools to create the novel you’ve always dreamed of writing.
These courses are open to anyone and run several times per year.
Writing the Romantic Comedy
Created by experienced screenwriter and UBC instructor Zac Hug, these two courses will help you tell your own romantic comedy story. Through insightful lectures, assignments, and interviews with industry experts, you’ll learn how to create the outline, and then the script, for the rom-com that you want to write.
Professional Certificate in Writing For Video Games
Learn how to write for video games and advance your career in one of the world’s most exciting creative industries.
In this edX Professional Certificate Program you’ll learn the tools and techniques of writing for video games in a comprehensive program designed by successful, working game writers and teachers. From story and character development to worldbuilding and interactive narrative, this Certificate will help you excel in a creative field that requires creative, flexible team players.
