Fiction Instructor
Live Classes for Teens and Recorded Courses for All
Live Courses
Recorded Courses
Grading Services
I teach online fiction writing at Homeschool Connections and offer grading resources for recorded courses. Live classes are only available for youth students. However, adults may take the recorded classes and use my grading services.
Live Classes
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Current
- Fiction Writing, Part 1 Fall 2025
Upcoming
- Fiction Writing, Part 2 Spring 2026
Previous Live Classes
- Fiction Writing, Part 1 Fall 2022, 2023, 2025
- Fiction Writing, Part 2 Spring 2023, 2024, 2025
- Summer Bootcamp: Writing Creatures, Monsters, and Aliens
- Summer Bootcamp: Writing Pets and Animals as Heroes
- Fiction Writing: Developing Characters Series (4 week courses)
- Writing Villains, Antagonists, & Bad Guys
- Writing Characters with Superpowers
- Writing Kings, Queens, Courts, and Jesters
- Writing Friends, Buddies, and Teammates
Recorded Classes
Click links for sign ups and additional details. Recorded courses can be taken by writers of all ages. Grading services are not required.
Mini Four-Class Workshops
- Creative Writing: Creating Stories with Pets and Animals as the Heroes (Grades 5-8 recommended)*
- Fiction Writing: Creatures, Monsters, and Aliens – Oh My! (X-20; Grades 8-12 recommended)*
- Fiction Writing: Developing Characters Series (Grades 8-12 recommended)*
Advanced Fiction Writing: Individual 6-8 Week Courses
- The Hero’s Journey and Mythic Structure for Writers Part 1 (X-9), 8 classes**
- The Hero’s Journey and Mythic Structure for Writers Part 2 (X-10), 8 classes**
- Write Your Own Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story (X-19), 6 classes**
Authoring a Book: Individual 4-Week Courses
- Fiction Writing 6: Authoring a Book, Part 1: How it Works, What it Takes, and How to Succeed (11-6)**
- Fiction Writing 8: Authoring a Book, Part 2: Perfecting Your Query Letter and Synopsis Workshop (11-8)**
* I teach in the recording and offer additional grading services. Developed by me.
** I am not the teacher in the recording. I simply offer grading services for these courses.